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1 November 2007, 02:56 AM
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Exp II in its environnement
Dear all,
Its been a long time I havent posted here. I just got back from vacations in France, my home country. I grew up in the French Alps, actually 30km from the Rolex factory in Geneva  Among other things I've been hiking the mountains around my village. We did climb from 1000m to 1860m in about 2.5 hours with my father and wife. This was still quite low altitude with some trees still :  No more trees here, and quite a steep slope !  After a few more meters, my wife encountered some weird local animals...  Now to the top for a quick break with nice sandwiches, and we could admire his majesty Mont-Blanc, highest summit in eastern Europe ( 4807m ).   The Exp II behaved of course perfectly ! Then it was time to get down, with a better pic of the Mont-Blanc :  How weird... I learned later that this is the animal we use to get milk, for yoghurts, cream and so on...   So after being back home, me and my wife decided to go higher, see this mighty whity mountains seen from far... Here we go, direction Chamonix, the world alpinism capital, also host of the first ever winter olympic games, in 1924. It took about 45min drive from my house. We took one of the highest cable car in the world, starting from 1000m, and ending up at 3870m altitude, in about 20min time. From there, alpinists departs for hi-mountain expeditions, so you can see there some real pro Alpinists there, from all around the world. temperature up there was zero degres celsius, in early september... Now no more talks, just let you see the beauty of the place :   The white summit here in the middle is actually the Mont-Blanc, still 1000m above us...  Here is my hand, never been so high on earth yet !!!   Well we had to go down and back into the real life. After we made it back home, I took a real refreshment... The Exp II got a little rest, and is ready for some new adventures... 
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1 November 2007, 02:58 AM
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Real Name: Thani
Location: Dubai UAE
Watch: Milgauss 116400 GV
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great pics !!
welcome back to dubai dont forget to refuel ur salik lol |
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1 November 2007, 02:59 AM
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Real Name: Stefan
Location: Dublin, Ireland
Watch: SS Daytona,GMT IIc
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Great pics. Thanks for sharing !! The Mont-Blanc pic is my Fav. !!
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1 November 2007, 03:01 AM
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Location: USA
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Really fantastic photos! Your Exp2 looks great against the snow-covered mountains!
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1 November 2007, 03:02 AM
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I don't even have my Salik tag yet...but went by mistake under the bloody toll bridge....Oh well...  Cheers / Pierre |
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1 November 2007, 03:03 AM
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Real Name: Dan
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Great pictures & a great watch
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1 November 2007, 03:04 AM
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dont worry.. i dont think ur gonna get fined.. only people who have the tags and dont have credits get fined.. because you have to be registered to be fined by the system.. if u know what i mean.. anyhow thats what i heard.. not 100% accurate lol good luck anyway |
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1 November 2007, 03:04 AM
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"TRF" Member
Join Date: Aug 2007
Real Name: Downing
Location: Portland, Oregon
Watch: SD ExpII GO Nav ND
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 Thanks for the tour. Your Explorer looked right at home.
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1 November 2007, 03:19 AM
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Real Name: Larry
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Great shots...
Those are some rugged looking mountains.... 
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1 November 2007, 03:21 AM
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A few more for you guys !!
The mighty whity !  View of Chamonix from 2800m above !!  View from the bar at the intermediate station, around 2200m...  Cheers / Pierre |
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1 November 2007, 03:23 AM
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Well, you can only go climb there with special equipment, like ropes, special shoes and above everything, an experienced mountain guide. Condition to climb there are as difficult as in the hymalayas, except that you can reach confort and safety much easier by Helicopter... cheers / Pierre |
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1 November 2007, 03:27 AM
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Great pics & beautiful watch, thanks for sharing
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1 November 2007, 03:30 AM
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2024 ROLEX DATEJUST41 Pledge Member
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Amazingly cool pictures!!!
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1 November 2007, 03:38 AM
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Fondly Remembered
Join Date: May 2005
Real Name: JJ
Location: Auckland, NZ
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The WHITE dial gells in well with the white snow and the mountains!!
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1 November 2007, 03:42 AM
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Great pics where you have capture the landscape very well.
When I look at your pics so did I thinking about. How have it looks if that was JJ´s pics? I thinking harder. And harder. And finally I got it.  Jocke |
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1 November 2007, 04:39 AM
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Wow!
 GREAT pics! Thanks for sharing!
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1 November 2007, 09:22 AM
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Amazing photos! Thanks for sharing. The white EXP II is fantastic!!
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1 November 2007, 09:36 AM
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"TRF" Member
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Real Name: Mike
Location: Charlotte NC
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Love your choice of watch, and Beautiful pics
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1 November 2007, 12:04 PM
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"TRF" Member
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Real Name: Mike
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Great stuff!! Thanks for the pics and watch out for those rogue sheep they can be very amorous at high altitude. Just ask JJ.
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