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The Monarch
Mont Blanc Massif
4,392 m
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Four summits to start — every one with a real route, a real grade, and a weather window.
The Monarch
A granite monarch with a knife-edge summit and the cleanest north face in the range.
4,392 mGrey Fang
A chipped grey fang of rock that catches first light an hour before anything else.
3,988 mSkyline Ridge
A five-kilometre ridge traverse that never drops below 4,000 m.
4,117 mThe Cathedral
Twin towers of black rock and blue ice, climbed by fewer than a hundred people.
4,550 m06
Four summits
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Grey Fang
Teton Range
3,988 m
II
Skyline Ridge
Sierra Crest
4,117 m
V
The Cathedral
Karakoram
4,550 m