Fontcouverte (1850m) was Hans' chalet; one hour walking from Nevache (because of the snow). We stayed there for a week: my first meeting with the other team-members. Cas + Wilco I already knew before. I was a little anxious about what the others might think about me. Almost all of them were quite experienced climbers and many of them already had expedition-experience. That week in France over 1 meter of fresh snow fell on all of us.