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  • Setting out on day one width:933;;height:622
  • Tommy modelling his new gear width:933;;height:622
  • Weisshorn (right of centre) with Bishorn to left width:933;;height:622
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  • Turtmannhutte entrance width:933;;height:622
  • Leaving the Turtmann hut width:933;;height:622
  • Crevasse bridge on day 2 width:933;;height:622
  • Tommy ready to start climbing width:467;;height:622
  • Short cut over to the Turtmann glacier width:933;;height:622
  • Cabane de Tracuit width:933;;height:622
  • Outside the Cabane de Tracuit width:933;;height:622
  • Fellow climbers width:933;;height:622
  • Cabane de Tracuit width:933;;height:622
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  • Cabane de Tracuit width:933;;height:622
  • Rösti lunch width:467;;height:622
  • Cabane de Tracuit width:933;;height:622
  • Towards Besso and the Grande Colombier width:933;;height:622
  • Tracuit panorama width:933;;height:211
  • Zinalrothorn sunset width:933;;height:622
  • Starting up the Bishorn width:933;;height:622
  • Bishorn summit getting close width:933;;height:622
  • On the Bishorn ridge width:933;;height:622
  • Tommy arrives on the Bishorn summit width:933;;height:622
  • On top of the Bishorn width:933;;height:622
  • Weisshorn ridge width:467;;height:622
  • Other groups arrive at the Bishorn col width:467;;height:622
  • Skiing down the Bishorn width:933;;height:622
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  • Our tracks (and Tommy) coming down the Bishorn. width:933;;height:622
  • Climbing over the roc de la vache on the way to the Zinal valley width:933;;height:622
  • Where we are heading on day 4 - up the Zinal valley width:933;;height:622
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  • The wind getting up as we descend to the Zinal valley width:467;;height:622
  • Sheltering from the wind in an ice cave at the start of the glacier width:933;;height:622
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  • Heading up towards the Grand Colombier width:933;;height:622
  • A tricky slope before reaching the Grand Mountet hut width:592;;height:622
  • Windswept Tommy arriving at the Grand Mountet hut with the Dent Blanche in the background width:933;;height:622
  • Grand Mountet hut width:933;;height:622
  • Tommy on the Durand glacier with Dent Blanche in background width:933;;height:622
  • Taking a break on the Durand glacier width:467;;height:622
  • Finally get into the sun with Ober Gabelhorn in the background. width:933;;height:622
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  • Looking back at the Mountet hut (lower right) with Besso in the background. width:933;;height:622
  • Our guides making sure the slope is safe on the last steep section before the Col de Durand width:933;;height:622
  • Tommy makes it to the top of the steep section. Besso and Weisshorn in the background. width:933;;height:622
  • On the col with the Matterhorn looming behind us. width:933;;height:622
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  • Daniel and David - very happy to have completed our last climb width:933;;height:622
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  • Grizzly selfies with Switzerland's most famous mountain as backdrop width:933;;height:622
  • Starting the ski down to Zermatt width:933;;height:622
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  • Daniel relaxed in the powder width:933;;height:622
  • "look at my tracks" width:933;;height:622
  • Toasting a fine week's tour width:467;;height:622
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  • ... and then on to Zum See for a fine lunch. We didn't drink this wine though! width:933;;height:622
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