On Monday July 10, French mountaineer Benjamin Vedrines climbed the Intégrale de Peuterey, the most beautiful and difficult ridge on the Italian side of Mont Blanc, in a record time of 6 hours 51 minutes, from Val Veny to the summit. Quite a feat.
V édrines has chosen the most beautiful, and most difficult, ridge on Mont Blanc, the Peuterey ridge, known as the Intégrale de Peuterey. Védrines has climbed this long ridge, the standard-bearer of mountaineering since the 50s, in a record time. An exploit? No less: this ascent will go down in history.
Setting off from the Peuterey parking lot before dawn on Monday July 10, at exactly 4:02 am, he began climbing the southern ridge of the Aiguille Noire de Peuterey at 5:10 am. He then abseiled down the Noire, traversed the Dames Anglaises, climbed and traversed the Aiguille Blanche de Peuterey, and finally climbed the Pilier