Tim Pentreath's video: Nice to Chamonix volbiv day 4 on my Advance Omega XAlps 3

Thursday 1st August 2019. After a quick dip and a quicker breakfast we broke camp and set off on the hike up to Montlambert takeoff at about 0830. Mincek left 20 minutes earlier than Richard, Steve and me, and via a more direct but steeper route - I put my faith in Komoot (great walking, hiking & cycling app) and we headed south along the flat for a couple of kms before we too had a pretty steep climb! But we made it, and in less time than the app had suggested, so I was happy with that. Once at the nice big grassy takeoff there was time to dry out everything - condensation in the tent, sweaty backpack, shirt, shorts etc - and have a snack before we took off at about 1215. We struggled to gain much height - there was a strong inversion at about 1300m - and after an hour of scratching on the tree-covered slopes above takeoff Richard and I decided to throw caution to the wind and push north to get onto the bigger slopes of the Dent d'Arclusaz, and then past Albertville and onto the Aravis at Charvin. But with the inversion like a brick wall above our heads it wasn't plain sailing...! Although my flight was only approx 40kms, this video is the longest one of the trip so far, but I hope once you've watched it you'll understand why I couldn't cut the longer clips...! So make yourself comfortable and enjoy the ride! Tracklog: https://www.xcontest.org/world/en/flights/detail:timpent/1.8.2019/10:13 Animation: https://ayvri.com/scene/pmkev43g5x/cjzk6h9cd00023h5eo6faq2nd Music: https://facebook.com/XCTracerUK