Sub 15hrs Up Mont Blanc (all on foot from cham)

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 domainsley 06 Jun 2019

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? 

This is 3800m of elevation and 3800m of decent. 

Cheers guys, I was just wondering !

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Rigid Raider 06 Jun 2019
In reply to domainsley:

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. 

 gooberman-hill 06 Jun 2019
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I think Killian holds the record : 4 1/2 hours for the round trip. It's on one of his videos (Dejamir Vivir IIRC)

Steve

 profitofdoom 06 Jun 2019
In reply to domainsley:

> 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? 

> This is 3800m of elevation and 3800m of decent. 

> Cheers guys, I was just wondering !

"Elite" meaning superior? Yes that is good going. I wouldn't do it personally unless I was properly acclimatized to the altitude, though

 pec 06 Jun 2019
In reply to domainsley:

> 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.

https://www.chamonix.net/english/info/mont-blanc-speed-records

Steck holds the record on the much harder Italian side at 9hrs 25

https://www.chamonet.com/news/ueli-steck-beats-kilian-jornet-s-mont-blanc-r...

 Enty 06 Jun 2019
In reply to domainsley:

What route does this take from Cham in the lower sections?

Enty

 ford23 03 Jul 2019
In reply to domainsley:

Does anyone know what the record up the Gouter route from chamonix is ?

Or where you would find out?

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 gustl 05 Jul 2019
In reply to ford23:

think around 5 hours is the record by kilian jornet

https://www.chamonix.net/english/mountaineering/mont-blanc-speed-records


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