[vc_row bg_color=””][vc_column width=”1/1″][vc_row_inner vertical_align=”middle”][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][ish_headline tag_size=”h3″ align=”center”]Mont Blanc
or Monte Bianco[/ish_headline][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]Mont Blanc or Monte Bianco, both meaning “White Mountain”, is the highest mountain in the Alps and the highest peak in Europe outside of the Caucasus range.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner vertical_align=”middle”][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_column_text align=”right”]The first recorded ascent of Mont Blanc was on 8 August 1786 by Jacques Balmat and the doctor Michel Paccard. This climb, initiated by Horace-Bénédict de Saussure.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner show_as_first=”yes” width=”1/2″][ish_headline tag_size=”h3″ align=”center”]History[/ish_headline][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][ish_box color=”color8″][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/1″][ish_headline tag_size=”h3″ align=”center” color=”color4″ bottom_margin=”no”]http://themes.ishyoboy.com/freelo[/ish_headline][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/ish_box][vc_column_text]Now the summit is ascended by an average 20,000 mountaineer-tourists each year. It could be considered an easy, yet long, ascent for someone who is well trained and used to the altitude. From l’Aiguille du Midi (where the cable car stops), Mont Blanc seems quite close, being 1,000 m (3,300 ft) higher. But while the peak seems deceptively close, La Voie des 3 Monts route (known to be more technical and challenging than other more commonly used routes) requires much ascent and descent before the final section of the climb is reached and the last 1000 m push to the summit is undertaken.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row vertical_align=”middle” bg_color=””][vc_column align=”right” width=”1/2″][ish_box color=”none” text_color=”none” inner_padding=”0#30#0#30″][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/1″][ish_headline tag_size=”h3″]Air crashes[/ish_headline][vc_column_text]The mountain was the scene of two fatal air crashes; Air India Flight 245 in 1950 and Air India Flight 101 in 1966. Both planes were approaching Geneva airport and the pilots miscalculated their descent.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/ish_box][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][ish_image image=”211″ size=”theme-half” stretch_image=”yes” link_type=”image”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row vertical_align=”middle” bg_color=””][vc_column width=”1/2″][ish_image image=”218″ size=”theme-half” stretch_image=”yes” link_type=”image”][/vc_column][vc_column show_as_first=”yes” width=”1/2″][ish_box color=”none” text_color=”none” inner_padding=”0#30#0#30″][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/1″][ish_headline tag_size=”h3″]Tunnel[/ish_headline][vc_column_text]In 1946 a drilling project was initiated to carve a tunnel through the mountain. The Mont Blanc tunnel would connect Chamonix, France.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/ish_box][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row bg_color=””][vc_column width=”1/1″][ish_headline tag_size=”h3″]Elevation[/ish_headline][vc_column_text]The summit of Mont Blanc is a thick, perennial ice and snow dome whose thickness varies. No exact and permanent summit elevation can therefore be determined, though accurate measurements have been made on specific dates. For a long time its official elevation was 4,807 m (15,771 ft). In 2002, the IGN and expert surveyors, with the aid of GPS technology, measured it to be 4,807.40 m (15,772 ft 4 in).[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
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