Chamonix 2003


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Sharon, Steve and Sasa in the Departure Lounge before the short flight to Geneva. Dcp02810.jpg
 
The last look at England's green and pleasant land as we cross the Channel.
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Downtown Chamonix, with Mont-Blanc towering in the distance. Dcp02815.jpg
 
Sasa inspects the posters at the conference.
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Nick finds something of interest among the 120 posters presented at the conference. Dcp02817.jpg
 
Sharon, Steve and Sasa in the glorious sunshine outside the conference building.
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Sharon, Steve, Angelika Sebald and Nick. Dcp02819.jpg
 
Inside the lecture hall.
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Sasa entertains the punters during the poster session. Dcp02822.jpg
 
Steve, Sharon, Jean-Paul Amoureux, Geoffrey Bodenhausen and Sasa sit down to a splendid meal at La Caleche.
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The town of Chamonix, seen from 3800 m atop the Aiguille du Midi. Dcp02829.jpg
 
Catalogue-man Sasa models a sporty denim jacket in front of Mont Blanc.
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A wide-angle view from the Aiguille du Midi sasamaggie.jpg
 
Sasa and Maggie Shao (Nottingham).
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Sasa and Ruben Gomez (Nottingham). srmontblanc.jpg
 
Mont Blanc towers behind Sasa and Ruben on the Aiguille du Midi.
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The cable-car station half-way up the Aiguille du Midi. Dcp02832.jpg
 
Sasa and Anne Ulrich in the Bruker hospitality suite.
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Robert Tycko, Jorn Schmidt, Malcolm Levitt, Stefano Caldarelli and Bob Griffin are NMR spectroscopists by day, but by night they are... The Hot Spins! Dcp02835.jpg
 
Robin Stein, Steven Brown, Sharon, Colan Hughes, Melinda Duer and Steve during the night's festivities.
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The inevitable conference dancing. . . Dcp02841.jpg
 
The impressive Mer de Glace at Montenvers, near Chamonix.
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Nick and Steve before their epic 3.5-hour, 1500-m ascent up to Le Brevent, just visible in the haze in the top of the picture. Dcp02846.jpg
 
The view from Le Brevent, down the mountainside to Chamonix.
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Nick and Steve, the conquerors of Le Brevent. Image12.jpg
 
We fly over the Houses of Parliament and the London Eye on the way back to England.