Telecabine to Les Grandes Montets, chatted to Giles (go Giles, send it). Several guided parties heading for Petite Aiguille Verte (guides managing to ignore their paying clients - value for money?).
Picked our way across the dry Glacier d'Argentière to the refuge. One café au lait and we were residing rather than hitting and quitting.
Found out after that I had taken 5c variant on pitch 4 (relief after feeling stretched on what I thought was 5b). Bailed on last 5b pitch to avoid late for dinner shame (bummer cos it was a sweet lay-back up the summit block).
Massive dinner with the Swiss after accepting offers of 7th helping of la soupe. Shaken to sleep by climbing party being helivacced onto the roof.
