MIKE MASON


START	FINISH	BLIMEY, HASN'T SHE BEEN THRO ENOUGH ?


real french time	time on the course	Nom	Description	Distance	Dénivelé positif	where is Mike ?
		text update Friday 29th Aug. 2.15pm "RACE STARTS 5.30PM OUR TIME...HOT AS HELL...FULL OF ELITE USA RUNNERS..OFF TO BED FOR OLD MANS NAP"
			Chamonix - Départ	0.00 Km	0 m
		Charme	La Charme	14.90 Km	931 m
21:51 arrived in place 1480	03h19mn48s	StGer	Saint-Gervais	21.00 Km	937 m
23:41 in 1605 place	05h09mn35s	Conta	Les Contamines	30.90 Km	1453 m
		Balme	La Balme	38.90 Km	2009 m
		Bonhom	Refuge Croix du Bonhomme	44.40 Km	2782 m
		Chap	Les Chapieux CCAS	49.80 Km	2782 m
		Seigne	Col de la Seigne	60.10 Km	3783 m
		Combal	Lac Combal	64.60 Km	3783 m
		MtFavre	Arête Mont-Favre	68.60 Km	4248 m
text from Gill: "doing brill. Leaving Courmayeur soon. Very Well an dnot tired. Placing Excellent"		Checr	Col Chécrouit	73.00 Km	4273 m
1109th Using Graham's mantra on every hill "just smash it !"	15h36mn25s	Courm	Courmayeur (Dolonne)	77.50 Km	4273 m
1008th	17h54mn57s	Berton	Refuge Bertone	82.40 Km	5087 m

		Bonatti	Refuge Bonatti	89.90 Km	5472 m
954th	20h59mn09s	Arnuva	Arnuva	94.20 Km	5568 m
948th	22h44mn14s	Ferret	Grand Col Ferret	98.80 Km	6336 m
Message from Gill (Mike's Wife) Yes very proud. He mustn't falter now. Am waiting for Champex time. About 1 hour over what hoped for but hours in hand to finish.		Fouly	La Fouly	108.10 Km	6366 m
911th	28h16mn43s	Champ	Champex-Lac	122.80 Km	6899 m
		Bovine	Bovine	132.00 Km	7603 m
		Trient	Trient	138.20 Km	7677 m
		Catogn	Catogne	143.00 Km	8455 m
		Vallor	Vallorcine	148.60 Km	8465 m
		TeteVnt	La Tête au vent	156.00 Km	9340 m
		Fleg	La Flégère	159.40 Km	9404 m
FINISHED IN 908th	43h20mn33s	Cham	Chamonix - Arrivée	166.40 Km	9404 m

updated 29/8/08: Well, it is do or die for the man as his race starts later today.

This will be Mike's 3rd attempt (who can forget the two previous encounters, oh the tears and tantrums of it all !)

We wish Mike all the best and hope he comes back triumphant. We will be using this web page to track his progress through the weekend.

Seven valleys, 71 glaciers, 400 summits, the Mont-Blanc massif fascinates.

Doing the tour of Mont-Blanc is discovering a matchless universe that of the breathtaking and magic of the high mountains. It is sharing the eternal dream of the pioneers ; it is also discovering the intimate geography of the summits ; the rounded forms of Mont-Blanc, the ridge of Bionnassay, the black of Peuterey, the Dent du Géant, the rock face of the Grandes Jorasses. The south and north high peaks of l'Aiguille du Tour, l'Aiguille Verte and the verticals of Les Drus.
The massif is permanent show of rock, water, ice and light. From the Chamonix valley to Courmayeur and from Val Ferret to Bovine along the French, Italian and Swiss hillsides the path ventures itself through pastures, glaciers and peaks getting over the various passes of Le Bonhomme, La Seigne, Grand Ferret, La Balme Nature's astonishing way to put a big show.
On the slopes going though endless forests of oak, beech, fir, spruce, pine trees, moss and lichen.