Top Of Aiguille Du Midi & The Argentiere Glacier.

Yes, it's true about altitude sickness and problems with breathing. For the first time in my life I found out first hand what it felt like not to have enough oxygen in the air to breathe properly. After excitedly taking photos and this video I suddenly began to feel not quite right. There was general dizziness and then I became conscious that I couldn't breathe properly. I began to get light-headed until we took the cable car down to a much lower altitude. However, I wouldn't have missed being right at the top of the Aiguille Du Midi for anything - out of this world!
Later on that day we took the train up the valley and did the walk to the Argentiere Glacier. We loved it since it was the very first time either Janet or I had ever seen the snout of a real glacier. As a former geographer, I did get rather excited by being there.