Vanessa François and her Mont Blanc Cosmic Bivouac

Disabled French alpinist Vanessa François and her bivouac on the Grande Gendarme of Arête des Cosmiques (Mont Blanc) together with Liv Sansoz

Vanessa François

03

December 2014

Alpinism

6m 44s

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