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I cannot believe that 
Hi,
I’m writing to you in response to your message, which made me laugh because I’m one of the two turtles. It’s true that we weren’t very quick, but like everyone else, we all have to start somewhere, and 9 June was a first for my friend and me in total autonomy.
I’m glad that thanks to us you’ve been able to meet new people, and in fact if you tell me where you’re going next weekend we’ll gladly come before you so that you can get to know even more people.
As for the ice axe in the bag, it wasn’t for the Gais alpins, but we’d planned to climb to the top of the Dent d’Hautaudon on the grassy slope where a belay isn’t possible, so we also had crampons in our bag. As turtles are ambitious animals, we had to
We were looking for a nickname, but thanks to you we’ve found it.
I think that if you’re capable of doing the Gais alpins ridge in 2h30, you should go and do other things that are at your level, which would reduce the number of roped parties, so you also helped to keep the roped parties behind you waiting 