Italy And France At Loggerheads Over Mt.Blanc

The Times is reporting that Italy and France are in disagreement over a plan to limit the number of climbers on Mont Blanc. All a storm in a pasta bowl if you ask us...


Posted: 7 September 2006
by Jon

According to today's Times, the French and the Swiss are 'at loggerheads' - great phrase - over a French proposal to limit the number of climbers on Mont Blanc.

The paper reports that the mayor of a local French town is calling for the number of climbers allowed on the mountain to be restricted with a limited fee-based permit system to protect both the mountain and the climbers themselves.

The mayor reportedly found a glacier stained yellow by the urine of climbers - a sign of dehydration... - and is also saying that he will force climbers to take down their refuse claiming that a washing machine has been found on the mountain.

Meanwhile Italians, based on the other side of the mountain, have taken a dim view of the French stand. The Times quotes the head of the Alpine Guides Association in the Val d'Aosta as calling the idea 'a joke - but that's the French for you'.

You can read the full story at www.timesonline.co.uk


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