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What could be better than crossing Mont Blanc off your bucket list at a young age right after high school? Standing on the highest point of the Alps, with Europe at your feet? Who could say no to that? When the opportunity arose, we set off neither with training nor the experience of high altitude. Sounds like a hell of an adventure, doesn't it? With a 20kg backpack, stiff fingers from the cold and amid enormous winds I’m trying to get some pictures every now and then. After setting up our tents in a snowstorm, I try to fall asleep, constantly thinking about my half-frozen toes, the possibility that my tent could be taking off and my longing for real food and drinks instead of melted snow with a gasoline taste. At 13.000 ft you feel utterly exhausted, breathing becomes extremely straining and I thought about giving up more than a few times. But I pushed through, and the effort was worth it. On our way to the summit the sky cleared up and we were rewarded with insane views. With these photographs I will definitely remember this once in a lifetime experience for the rest of my life!