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French mayor wants Mont Blanc climbers to pay €15,000 rescue and funeral deposit
(CNN) — Anyone wanting to summit Europe’s tallest peak, Mont Blanc, may soon have to put up a €15,000 (about $15,300) deposit to cover possible rescue and funeral costs under plans announced by a local mayor fed up with the “contempt” of risk-taking climbers. Jean-Marc Peillex, mayor of Saint-Gervias-les-Bains, a town on the French side, […]
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