https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from France in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Two Swiss mountaineers landed a small plane less than 400 metres from the summit of Mont Blanc on Tuesday before heading for the top of Europe's tallest peak with police in pursuit, the French gendarme said. https://www.thelocal.fr/20190619/swiss-climbers-slammed-for-landing-plane-on-mont-blanc-mountaineering-france Wed, 19 Jun 2019 10:55:58 +0200 swiss-climbers-slammed-for-landing-plane-on-mont-blanc-mountaineering-france Mont Blanc, the highest mountain in Western Europe has lost a full 1.3 metres of its height according to the latest measurement. But it had nothing to do with this summer's heatwave apparently. https://www.thelocal.fr/20150910/frances-highest-peak-mont-blanc-shrinks-by-13-metres Thu, 10 Sep 2015 16:55:13 +0200 frances-highest-peak-mont-blanc-shrinks-by-13-metres A mountain in the French Alps has become a hot spot for the high-risk and often deadly extreme sport of wingsuit flying. And the seemingly hairbrained alpine activity where "there is no margin for error" attracts a lot of "dangerous egos". https://www.thelocal.fr/20140829/wingsuit Fri, 29 Aug 2014 13:08:00 +0200 wingsuit A French mayor has logded a formal complaint against an American father whose "vain" attempt to break a world record by taking his kids to the summit of Mont Blanc almost ended in disaster. https://www.thelocal.fr/20140729/french-mayor-mont-blanc-children Tue, 29 Jul 2014 10:21:00 +0200 french-mayor-mont-blanc-children A deadly start to the climbing season on Europe’s tallest peak, Mont Blanc, has prompted renewed calls to impose restrictions on scaling the mountain that attracts up to 30,000 climbing parties each year and has the reputation of being one of the world's deadliest summits. https://www.thelocal.fr/20140717/mont-blanc-climbing-alps-dangers Thu, 17 Jul 2014 18:58:00 +0200 mont-blanc-climbing-alps-dangers Hikers recently found the frozen body of a mountain climber who disappeared on Mont Blanc over 32 years ago. Sadly two other families are just beginning their wait for news after two climbers vanished on the peak this weekend. https://www.thelocal.fr/20140708/missing-french-climbers-body-found-32-years-later Tue, 08 Jul 2014 15:32:00 +0200 missing-french-climbers-body-found-32-years-later A Spanish mountain climber fell to his death on Sunday while tackling a difficult descent in the French Alps, mountain rescue workers said. https://www.thelocal.fr/20140609/spanish-climber-dies-in-french-alps-fall Mon, 09 Jun 2014 11:15:00 +0200 spanish-climber-dies-in-french-alps-fall A couple in their in their 50s have been found dead in the snow at a ski resort in the Savoie region, where they are presumed to have committed suicide, https://www.thelocal.fr/20121102/couple-commit-suicide-in-snow Fri, 02 Nov 2012 11:52:00 +0100 couple-commit-suicide-in-snow Nepalese rescuers have found the body of a missing French climber in a crevasse on Mount Manaslu a week after an avalanche killed him and at least eight other mountaineers, the expedition organiser said Thursday. https://www.thelocal.fr/20121004/nepal-mountain-search-finds-french-body Thu, 04 Oct 2012 12:59:00 +0200 nepal-mountain-search-finds-french-body