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pvnisher
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Can you name this peak? And know anyone who has climbed (or better yet, traversed) it?
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Grand Jorasse and Dent du Geant?
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+1.

It's Grandes Jorasses from the slopes of Aiguille du Midi:

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pvnisher wrote:And know anyone who has climbed it
Ueli Steck climbed the Colton-McIntyre route with an Alexis variation thrown in. 2h21m :shock:

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"Teeth of the Giant". Cool name.
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