Dunno about the time but in the mountain museum in Cham there's a paper trace from a barograph that one of the early guides actually carried up Mont Blanc. The amazing thing is that the red line showing altitude is perfecty straight, meaning the guide ascended at exactly the same rate all the way from bottom to top.
> Hi, is 14 hours up and down Mont Blanc (all on foot), Chamonix church - summit - and back (via Gouter Route) considered an elite level of fitness?
14 hours would be very fast by most standards but not elite as in world class. the original record was set at 5hrs 10 and Jornet lowered that to 4hrs 57 so nearly 3 times faster.
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