one of the two normal mountaineering routes used to reach the summit of Mont Blanc in the Alps, ascending to a height of 4,808 metres (15,774 ft). The...

up to the Goûter Refuge (3,835 metres (12,582 ft)) on the Goûter Route on Mont Blanc . This area is a well-known accident black spot in dry conditions,...

350 ft) Champ Vestri, 1,321 m (4,334 ft) Mont Long, 1,317 m (4,321 ft) La Durande, 1,299 m (4,262 ft) Mont Maillon, 1,291 m (4,236 ft) La Vesseyre, 1,279 m...

Retrieved 4 July 2012. Gerondeau, Christian (2003). La Saga du RER et le maillon manquant. Presse de l'École nationale des ponts et chaussées. ISBN 2-85978-368-7...

equipment and skill-level of the members. In very developed areas, such as the Mont Blanc Massif, rescue helicopters have mechanical winches to directly haul...

ordered by his king, Antoine de Ville used castle siege tactics to ascend Mont Aiguille, a 300-meter rock tower, near Grenoble, France. In 1695, Martin...

(1827–1912) Switzerland, guide, with numerous first ascents, including on Mont Blanc Conrad Anker (born 1963) US, discovered Mallory's body on Everest in...

Aiguille Noire de Peuterey, a rocky mountain in the Italian part of the Mont Blanc massif and the fourth ascent of the Walker Spur on the North Face of...

Scottish climber Bruce Normand. The Piolet d'or 2009 took place in Chamonix-Mont-Blanc (France) and Courmayeur in the Aosta Valley (Italy) on the 24th and...

1786, Jacques Balmat and Michel-Gabriel Paccard made the first ascent of Mont Blanc. Balmat, a chamois hunter and crystal collector, had experience with...