Two young men, budding mountaineers, without listening to their parents’ advice to be careful, or that of an instructor on the train taking them to Chamonix, set off to climb in the Alps. Although they didn’t have a lot of experience, they were confident enough for their age, and as soon as they arrived they started climbing, leaving others to train on the “cow mountain”.
On a glacier, a difficult passage forced them to abandon their rucksacks and some of their equipment. Soon an impassable wall forced them to turn back. They had to set pitons and abseil down. Alas, the hammer remained in the rucksack and they were stuck for the night, without food or clothing, in the hope that the next day a roped party would come and rescue them. An instructor and a guide, accompanying young beginners, will come to rescue them and lead them to the summit by the right route.