Mont Blanc

Spanish Climber Sets New Everest Record

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Spanish mountaineer Kilian Jornet has set the record for the fastest ascent of Mount Everest without fixed ropes or extra oxygen. Jornet climbed Everest’s north face in just 26 hours , his team reported today. This isn’t the first record that the mountaineer has claimed, having previously set speed records for Mount Blanc and Kilimanjaro. … Read more

Alps Cable Cars Failure ‘traps 100’

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More than 100 people are stuck on a series of cable cars high above the glaciers of Mont Blanc in the French Alps, officials say. The authorities are planning to bring in helicopters to rescue them. The cable cars were at “an altitude of 3,800m (12,468ft)”, the prefect of the Haute-Savoie region, Georges-Francois Leclerc, told … Read more