Debabrata Mukherjee and Debabrata Ghosh successfully reached the Summit of Mont Blanc on 3rd September; plan to climb Elbrus next week

"As all the huts were full and we got the booking of Gouter hut (3835tmr) on 3rd only, our initial plan was to climb straight to Gouter hut from Nid Du Aigle (2372mtr - the last Tram station) and try the summit on 4th from there and come down to Chamonix in the evening.
But the weather report showed that from 4th noon it will be windy, snowing and very bad till Tuesday morning. So we took the last minute decision and luckily got two beds at Tete Rouche hut (3167mtr) by calling on 2nd.
We started by late morning and reached Tete Rouche hut by afternoon walking for two hours from Nid Du Aigle.
3rd morning we started at 06.20 and reached Goiter hut after climbing the Straight Rock wall and crossing the Rock falling couloir which killed 20 persons including two guides last summer. It took two hours for us to reach Goiter hut climbing straight 620 mtrs. After a short break for putting on crampon and roping up we started on hard and packed snow. Except three stretches of 60/80 mtrs bone chilling sharp arete, climbing and ice gulley and crossing 3/4 crevasse, the total route was enjoyable with great view especially of Chamonix valley and at times of Italian side. We reached the Summit if Mont Blanc at 15.04 hours. Spend 20 minutes to enjoy the view and taking photos. On the way back the temperature started to fall and the snow started freezing. We reached Goiter hut finally at 18.10 hrs.
The Alpine ascent of 1850 mtrs (up) & 975mtr (down) in 16.5 kms distance is done in that day.
We are back to Chamonix today from Gouter hut. It's raining and windy. Mont Blanc is behind clouds and the red alert is on.
Happy to be on the top of Western Europe." - Debabrata Mukherjee