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French Mountaineer Benjamin Vedrines Sets New Mont Blanc Speed Climb Record
Rising French mountaineering star Benjamin Vedrines broke the record for the fastest ascent and descent of western Europe's highest mountain Mont Blanc, beating a mark that had stood for over a decade, his team said Sunday.
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Video: German Skier Narrowly Escapes Death After Being Swept Away By Avalanche In Italy
In a terrifying video, a German skier remarkably cheated death after being swept down a mountain by an avalanche while skiing at Mont Blanc, Europe's highest mountain.
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Mont Blanc Shrinks By Over 2 Metres Since 2021
Experts said that France's tallest mountain was losing around 13 centimetres of height every year.
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British Hiker, 50, Killed While Climbing In France's Mont Blanc
A British man in his 50s died in a fall Sunday while hiking near the foot of France's tallest mountain Mont Blanc.
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Mountaineer Dies On Mont Blanc Despite Rescue Attempts
A French mountaineer died close to the summit of Mont Blanc on Friday after rescuers made several attempts to get to him in a violent storm.
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Indian Newspapers From 1966 Found On Melting Glacier In France: Reports
Indian newspaper copies with headlines such as "India's First Woman Prime Minister", referring to Indira Gandhi's election win in 1966, have been recovered from the melting French glacier of Bossons on the Mont Blanc mountain range in western Europe, 54 years after an Air India plane crashed there.
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PM Modi Unveils Memorial For Victims Of 2 Air India Crashes In France
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday inaugurated a memorial in the honour of the victims of two Air India crashes at the foothills of the Mont Blanc mountain in France in which several Indians, including Homi J Bhabha, regarded as the father of India's nuclear programme, were killed.
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PM Inaugurates Memorial Honouring Victims Of 2 Plane Crashes In France
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday digitally inaugurated a memorial in the honour of the victims of two Air India crashes at the foothills of the Mont Blanc mountain in France in which several Indians, including Homi J Bhabha, regarded as the father of India's nuclear programme, were killed.
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For 30 Trapped In Cable Cars Overnight, Helicopters Dropped Off Food
Nearly 40 people who were forced to spend the night in cable cars near Europe's highest mountain, Mont Blanc, are saf after the service was re-started.
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Google Memorializes First Ascent to Mont Blanc
On 8 August 1786 Jacques Balmat along with Doctor Michel Paccard, both from Chamonix, did the first ever recorded ascent to Mont Blanc. Google memorializes the 229th anniversary of the historic climb to the "White Mountain" by a frosty google doodle.
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Bodies of Two Belgian Climbers Found on France's Mont Blanc
The bodies of two Belgian climbers who were swept away by falling rocks and ice on France's Mont Blanc mountain were found on Saturday after two days of searching, police rescue officials said.
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Two More Mont Blanc Deaths Amid Fears of Tourist Free-For-All
Two Irish mountaineers have died on Mont Blanc, bringing to four those killed there in just three days as concern mounts that the mountain range is becoming a tourism free-for-all.
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Climber finds 50-year-old treasure lost in Indian air crash on Mont Blanc
A French climber scaling a glacier off Mont Blanc got more than satisfaction for his efforts when he stumbled across a treasure trove of emeralds, rubies and sapphires that had been buried for decades.
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Japan's 80-year-old climber begins ascent of Mount Everest
An 80-year-old Japanese mountaineer has begun his ascent of Mount Everest, his website said, in a bid to become the oldest man to reach the roof of the world.
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Nine dead, four missing in French Alps avalanche
Nine mountain climbers were killed in an avalanche near Chamonix in the French Alps on Thursday and rescue workers were searching for four others still missing, authorities said. The most deadly avalanche in the Alps since 2008 swept down a popular climbing route in the Mont Blanc range near the border with Switzerland at about 0300 GMT.
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French Mountaineer Benjamin Vedrines Sets New Mont Blanc Speed Climb Record
Rising French mountaineering star Benjamin Vedrines broke the record for the fastest ascent and descent of western Europe's highest mountain Mont Blanc, beating a mark that had stood for over a decade, his team said Sunday.
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Video: German Skier Narrowly Escapes Death After Being Swept Away By Avalanche In Italy
In a terrifying video, a German skier remarkably cheated death after being swept down a mountain by an avalanche while skiing at Mont Blanc, Europe's highest mountain.
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Mont Blanc Shrinks By Over 2 Metres Since 2021
Experts said that France's tallest mountain was losing around 13 centimetres of height every year.
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British Hiker, 50, Killed While Climbing In France's Mont Blanc
A British man in his 50s died in a fall Sunday while hiking near the foot of France's tallest mountain Mont Blanc.
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Mountaineer Dies On Mont Blanc Despite Rescue Attempts
A French mountaineer died close to the summit of Mont Blanc on Friday after rescuers made several attempts to get to him in a violent storm.
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Indian Newspapers From 1966 Found On Melting Glacier In France: Reports
Indian newspaper copies with headlines such as "India's First Woman Prime Minister", referring to Indira Gandhi's election win in 1966, have been recovered from the melting French glacier of Bossons on the Mont Blanc mountain range in western Europe, 54 years after an Air India plane crashed there.
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PM Modi Unveils Memorial For Victims Of 2 Air India Crashes In France
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday inaugurated a memorial in the honour of the victims of two Air India crashes at the foothills of the Mont Blanc mountain in France in which several Indians, including Homi J Bhabha, regarded as the father of India's nuclear programme, were killed.
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PM Inaugurates Memorial Honouring Victims Of 2 Plane Crashes In France
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday digitally inaugurated a memorial in the honour of the victims of two Air India crashes at the foothills of the Mont Blanc mountain in France in which several Indians, including Homi J Bhabha, regarded as the father of India's nuclear programme, were killed.
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For 30 Trapped In Cable Cars Overnight, Helicopters Dropped Off Food
Nearly 40 people who were forced to spend the night in cable cars near Europe's highest mountain, Mont Blanc, are saf after the service was re-started.
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Google Memorializes First Ascent to Mont Blanc
On 8 August 1786 Jacques Balmat along with Doctor Michel Paccard, both from Chamonix, did the first ever recorded ascent to Mont Blanc. Google memorializes the 229th anniversary of the historic climb to the "White Mountain" by a frosty google doodle.
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Bodies of Two Belgian Climbers Found on France's Mont Blanc
The bodies of two Belgian climbers who were swept away by falling rocks and ice on France's Mont Blanc mountain were found on Saturday after two days of searching, police rescue officials said.
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Two More Mont Blanc Deaths Amid Fears of Tourist Free-For-All
Two Irish mountaineers have died on Mont Blanc, bringing to four those killed there in just three days as concern mounts that the mountain range is becoming a tourism free-for-all.
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Climber finds 50-year-old treasure lost in Indian air crash on Mont Blanc
A French climber scaling a glacier off Mont Blanc got more than satisfaction for his efforts when he stumbled across a treasure trove of emeralds, rubies and sapphires that had been buried for decades.
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Japan's 80-year-old climber begins ascent of Mount Everest
An 80-year-old Japanese mountaineer has begun his ascent of Mount Everest, his website said, in a bid to become the oldest man to reach the roof of the world.
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Nine dead, four missing in French Alps avalanche
Nine mountain climbers were killed in an avalanche near Chamonix in the French Alps on Thursday and rescue workers were searching for four others still missing, authorities said. The most deadly avalanche in the Alps since 2008 swept down a popular climbing route in the Mont Blanc range near the border with Switzerland at about 0300 GMT.
