Every August, Chamonix explodes with race bibs, cowbells, and the kind of electric energy that only 10,000 runners descending on a mountain town can generate. Everyone knows UTMB. Most know CCC and TDS. But lurking on the edges of the festival — quieter, stranger, and arguably harder — is the Petit Tour du Massif du Mont Blanc, or PTL.
Six Days on the PTL: The Wildest Race at UTMB Nobody Talks About
While UTMB and CCC hog the spotlight, a small team called the Geordie Joggers just survived six brutal days on the PTL — glaciers, scrambles, and all. This is what it actually looks like inside the Mont Blanc massif's most overlooked sufferfest.
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