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Day 31 - Tuesday 31st May 2005Up early today, sun was dazzling on the mountain tops. We packed up all our gear then went down to the cable car terminus. Caught the 8:45am cable car to the Auguille Midi. The ride up in the large cars was breathtaking. It takes two legs you change cars about half way up. The terminus is about 3800 metres in altitude and you can really feel the thin air when you climb the steps to the lookout platform. The views to Mont Blanc and the other mountains were spectacular, lot of people kitted up for climbing were leaving through an ice cave then walking on a narrow ice ridge down to the glacier. We spent a little over two hours on the mountain taking in the views and watching the crazy people climb over the side of fences and set off along ridges like mountain goats. Temperature was about 2C. We picked up our luggage and left Chamonix heading for Italy.
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