After a nights bivi in the mountains, (which I enjoyed and slept very well, Euan on the other hand hardly slept at all because of the cold). My alarm went off at 6am, we ate our breakfast which consisted of granola with yoghurt (a favourite of the trip) and then headed off towards our next route. This was on the Petit Clocher Du Portalet (2823m). We did the route called “Arete Sud-Est’’ ED- (E3, 6a) 220m. It was a spectacular route on an amazing piece of rock. Every pitch was as good as the last and it took us through some very varied ground, everything from long pumpy granite finger cracks to technical balancy slab pitches, which can make you feel very exposed when you’re 4 pitches from the ground. The route was one of the best climbs I have done in the Alps and I’m looking forward to getting on more like this one in the future. 
