French paraglider pilot dies on Mont Blanc
https://xcmag.com/magazine-articles/top-landing-mont-blanc-banned-after-record-day/
Top-landing Mont Blanc has been banned followed a mass landing on Wednesday 26
June, when record-breaking cloudbase allowed an estimated 150-200 paraglider
pilots to land on the summit of the 4810m mountain.
A high pressure system and heat wave in France combined to create the record
cloudbase, which saw pilots climbing to 5,800m above Mont Blanc.
However, despite elation among pilots who made it, the town halls of Chamonix
and Saint-Gervais acted almost immediately to prohibit paraglider pilots from
landing on Mont Blanc within a radius of 600m of the summit for the rest of
June.
They said they acted following the death of a French pilot, who died while
taking off from the summit. His body was found on the Italian side of the
mountain.
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