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Haute-Savoie: Three Serious Climbing Accidents
15 September 2020
Three serious accidents took place in the Mont-Blanc massif on 12 September 2020. Firstly, a 25-year old climber fell 10 meters (32.8 ft) while he was leading the rope in a climbing route on the Aiguille des Chamois (2,902 m or 9,521 ft altitude), in the Aiguilles Rouges massif, in the town of Vallorcine. The PGHM of Chamonix intervened shortly before 7 am and evacuated the injured climber to the Sallanches Hospital. He suffered from head trauma, and the gendarmes also suspected a thoracic trauma.
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A 25-year-old climber fell in the Mer de Glace area. Photo author Jean-Pol GRANDMONT. Licensed under CC-BY SA 3.0, photo source @commons.wikimedia.org
Mont-Blanc Massif Glacier Threatens to Collapse
South slope of the Grandes Jorasses, with the Planpincieux Glacier on the left, photo source @https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planpincieux_Glacier, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0
After days of very high temperatures, glaciologists observed a...
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Mont-Blanc Massif: Eight Mountain Rescue Missions on 6 August
The PGHM of Chamonix carried out 8 rescue missions on 6 August 2020.
The gendarmes of the PGHM of Chamonix were very busy on 6 August 2020...
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Mont-Blanc Massif: New Hyperbaric Chamber at Vallot Hut
Vallot Emergency Hut, in the Mont-Blanc massif. Francofranco56 / Public domain
Saint-Gervais-les-Bains municipality financed a new hyperbaric...
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Chamonix: Masks Mandatory in Certain Streets of the Centre
To limit the spread of the coronavirus COVID-19, the mayor of Chamonix imposed the wearing of face masks in the pedestrian and busiest areas of Chamonix. photo source @Radio Mont Blanc
To limit the spread of the coronavirus COVID-19, the mayor of...
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Chamonix: CosmoJazz Festival 2020 Cancelled
Cosmojazz Festival 2019, DORANTES & GARCIA-FONS, photo source @cosmojazzfestival.com
Although previously postponed until mid-August , the organizers of...
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Chamonix: The PGHM Delivers New Crampon to Mountaineer
Grandes Jorasses, Massif du Mont Blanc, North side. Photo source @wikimedia.org
The gendarmes of the PGHM of Chamonix carry out a wide variety of...
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Haute-Savoie: 55 Serious Mountain Accidents Since Deconfinement
The PGHM of Chamonix are having a busy summer. PGHM Chamonix helicopter, credit @pghm-chamonix.com
There have been 55 serious mountain accidents, which resulted in 17...
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Mont-Blanc Massif: Two Climbers Fell 30 meters
Mont Maudit from Pointe Helbronner. Mrvoyage / Public domain
On 21 July 2020 at dawn, two Belgian mountaineers were moving on the...
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British Mountaineer Saved From Death by the PGHM
Aiguille Noire de Peuterey (left) - Les Dames Anglaises (centre) - Aiguille Blanche de Peuterey (right).
On 21 July 2020, at around 12.30 pm, the PGHM of Chamonix were...
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Two Amputees Climbed the Mont-Blanc Summit
The team that has overcome the roof of Europe. Photo Facebook "Ortho-Médical Welter towards the ascent of Mont Blanc"
Samuel Ferber, from the Colmar region and Luc Méheux, from the...
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The Refuge du Couvercle Closed for Renovation Summer of 2020
Refuge du Courvercle. Jerome Bon from Paris, France / CC BY (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)
Located at 2,687 meters (8,815 ft) altitude, in the heart of the Mont...
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The New Périades Bivouac is Ready
The two bivouacs (the old and the new) were presented on Place du Mont Blanc in Chamonix on Wednesday, July 15, 2020, during a nice meeting that brought together all of the project partners. Source @chamonix.fr
Built in 1925 and renovated in 1966, the bivouac which could...
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