Prince Gabriel of Belgium celebrated his 23rd birthday yesterday. To mark the occasion, the Belgian Royal Palace shared photos of the Prince in full climbing gear as he made his way among the glaciers and peaks of the Mont Blanc massif. The photos were taken during a mountaineering course in the Mont Blanc mountains in France this summer.
One of the photos was taken in front of the Refuge Albert Ier, named after Prince Gabriel’s great-great-grandfather, King Albert I of Belgium. The refuge sits at an altitude of around 2,700 metres above the Glacier du Tour and remains an important base for mountaineering in the Mont Blanc massif.
King Albert I was known for his love of mountaineering and spent years climbing in the Alps. He died in a mountaineering accident on February 17, 1934, while climbing alone on the Roche du Vieux Bon Dieu at Marche-les-Dames, near Namur, Belgium.
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