Climb the mountain from your armchair. Click on the numbers in the picture or use the links below. The numbers provide a very rough guide to where the photos were taken.
 

If you have 'Quicktime' on your computer then you can enjoy this 360° panorama taken from the summit of the nearby Aiguille du Tour.

1 The Aiguille du Chardonnet.

18 The first part of the Forbes arete.

2 The snowy cwm.

19 An exposed tower.

3 Close to the icy step.

20 Traversing steep ice.

4 Above the snowy cwm

21 The drop to the Tour glacier.

5 The view east and the Grande Fourche.

22 A great view east.

6 Starting up La Bosse

23 Not far to summit.

7 La Bosse and the huge ice cliffs.

24 Almost on top.

8 East, across the ice of La Bosse.

25 Climbers on the summit.

9 Cresting La Bosse.

26 The summit from a paraglider.

10 Forbes arete from snowfield.

27 The way off.

11 An awkward approach to the ridge.

28 The descent begins.

12 A climber nearing the ridge crest.

29 Lightning strike.

13 An early tower.

30 Seeking the couloir.

14 Just after the tower.

31 In the couloir.

15 Aiguille de Triolet and Grandes Jorasses.

32 Just above the rocky buttresses.

16 Another tower on the ridge.

33 The cliffs through which we abseiled.

17 Aiguille Verte.

34 The snowy shoulder and tricky rimaye.

35 A climber abseils over the rimaye.

Unfortunately on the day we climbed the peak we were so preoccupied with the climbing and the weather that the only camera we carried remained in the rucsac.

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So I've illustrated the route using photos I found on the net. The photos have links to the source websites.