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<\/a><\/p>\nFirst, a drink to the living!!!<\/p>\n
And then a\u00a0 toast to the dead!!!<\/p>\n Each cemetery has memorials to those that have fallen pursuing both a livelihood and a passion. Here’s a memorial in the cemetery at Argenti\u00e8re.<\/p>\n Close up of memorial.<\/p>\n Modern roll of honour.<\/p>\n Individual grave of tourist climber.<\/p>\n Plaque on the front of a house in the hamlet of Le Tour. (Michel Croz is the first name on the memorial back in the Argenti\u00e8re cemetery.)<\/p>\n Daniel Burnier, Camarade de Corde!!<\/p>\n And if the mountains didn’t get them, the Great War did!!! Note the sad overlap of family names between the Guide and War memorials!!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Over the years, the villages that we have been visiting have produced many of the famous guides and climbers. First, a drink to the living!!! And then a\u00a0 toast to the dead!!! Each cemetery has memorials to those that have … Continue reading <\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n