With vertical mile of air separating him from the Bossons Glacier
below, Mike Kelley steps carefully some 12,600 feet (3,840
metres) up our climb of the Arête des Cosmiques on the Aiguille
du Midi, Mt. Blanc Range, France. (click to enlarge photo, © Vin
Crosbie, 1999). For a good video about climbing this ridge, see
TVMountain, la Montagne sur le Web (French narration).