Mont Blanc
About Mont Blanc
Mont Blanc is a mountain in the Alps, rising 4,807.3 m above sea level, located right at the Franco-Italian border. It is the highest mountain in Europe outside the Caucasus Mountains, the second-most prominent mountain in Europe, and the 11th most prominent mountain in the world.
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Marie Paradis became the first woman to climb Mont Blanc in 1808, after passing out halfway and being dragged and carried to the top by the others.
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More facts about Mont Blanc
In 1852 a London show called The Ascent of Mont Blanc, by a man named Albert Smith who had simply climbed it, ran for six years on Piccadilly with 2,000 performances.
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In 1818 a Russian count called Matsevski climbed Mont Blanc because he wanted to improve his poetry skills.
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There is now a road tunnel under Mont Blanc.
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During his Mont Blanc show, Albert Smith let St Bernard dogs loose in the auditorium aisles during the interval.
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Coordinates: 45.8328, 6.8650