The season is now over and finished on a high last week with our last course making the summit in near perfect conditions. Over 70% of our courses made the top this year, slightly better than our estimated average of 66%; once again very well done to all those who made it, and I very much hope that we were still able to provide a great week's mountaineering to those of you who didn't. For the record, we had great success in June and August, with September being average and July poor - this just goes to show the chance of good weather between June and September is very much a question of luck, with no month showing better statistics overall. We changed the program for the first three training days this year, and now take in the highest mountain entirely in Italy (Gran Paradiso, 4061m) as preparation for Mont Blanc. I have been very pleased with the results as clients seem to be better acclimatised and generally more prepared as a result of already having climbed a bigger mountain; we will I think continue with this program going forward, so if all goes well you'll now get two 4000m peaks instead of one (don't worry we allow plenty of recovery time between summits!). Bookings are well underway for next year, so if 2012 is going to be your year on Mont Blanc, don't hesitate to drop us a line, we would more than happy to answer any and all of your questions. We hope to hear from you soon!