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    Photos: French heat wave worries Mont Blanc climbers with increased risk

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    Photos: French heat wave worries Mont Blanc climbers with increased risk

    Swiss weather service said elevation at which water froze hit a new record high overnight


    Published:  August 26, 2023 14:00 Reuters

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    Chamonix: Europe's soaring temperatures are hitting the region's highest peak, Mont Blanc, heightening the risk of rockfall and new crevasses opening on its glaciers, rescuers and climbers said on Wednesday. Image Credit: Reuters
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    Alpinists prepare for a mountain race at the Aiguille du Midi. | This has in turn meant authorities have urged climbers to delay scaling the mountain, which straddles the French-Italian border, because high temperatures have created dangerous conditions. Image Credit: Reuters
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    The Airbus helicopter H145 Choucas 74 of the High Mountain Gendarmerie Platoon (PGHM) rescue service flies back to its base. | "The heat wave has also an impact on high mountains, it doesn't stop on the plains," said Nicolas Zickler, commanding officer of a high mountain police rescue team. "It facilitates rock falls. By fragilising the snow, it also facilitates crevasse falls." Image Credit: Reuters
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    Australian alpinist May Cooper called the conditions "terrifying." "The routes have changed, the timing of the season has changed, the weather conditions have changed," she said. Image Credit: Reuters
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    Alpinists Mat Cooper and Daniel Trevena start a tour to Les Cosmiques from the Aiguille du Midi. | Another Australian alpinist, Daniel Trevena, has been coming to the region for over 10 years. "It has definitely changed in that time and routes are changing ... you can almost see it, just melting away very slowly," he said, with other high mountains in the region equally affected. Image Credit: Reuters
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    A sign displays a temperature of 33 degrees in front of the Mont-Blanc. | The Swiss weather service said on Monday the elevation at which water froze hit a new record high overnight, measured at 5,289 meters (17,350 ft), an altitude higher than Mont Blanc's summit of just over 4,800 meters. Image Credit: Reuters
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    2023-08-23T121233Z_1615182804_RC2JT2A9RBOQ_RTRMADP_3_EUROPE-WEATHER-FRANCE-MONTBLANC
    This exceeded last year's record of 5,184 meters. "The decrease of the glaciers is worrying," said the president of Mont Blanc guide company Compagnie des Guides de Chamonix, Olivier Greber. Image Credit: Reuters
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    "It's not only a selfish point of view, yes we won't be able to go for a walk on glaciers, but we should not forget that glaciers are the water towers of many plains. As such, it's important to preserve them." Image Credit: Reuers

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