Not far to the Mont Blanc tunnel entrance

The BBA V2 traverses Mont Blanc

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August 7th 2013
It takes a lot to make me up from a deep sleep but the mother of all thunderstorms at 5am this morning did just that.Gretchen was already awake and had been watching the sky outside our room almost continually lit up with lightning for a few minutes before it and the overhead thunder disturbed me. The storm lasted about half an hour and ended with some heavy rain that turned to showers as the t ... read more

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