{"id":120492,"date":"2023-10-29T10:09:17","date_gmt":"2023-10-29T10:09:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yourclomid.com\/?p=120492"},"modified":"2023-10-29T10:09:17","modified_gmt":"2023-10-29T10:09:17","slug":"the-worlds-most-dangerous-tourist-site-where-100-people-die-every-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yourclomid.com\/world-news\/the-worlds-most-dangerous-tourist-site-where-100-people-die-every-year\/","title":{"rendered":"The world’s most dangerous tourist site where 100 people die every year"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Mountaineers around the world over have noted how rising temperatures have made once safe routes to the summit now too perilous to attempt. <\/p>\n

Research now suggests that Europe’s highest peak is fast heading down the same path, with 100 deaths each year on average.<\/p>\n

The growing risks of landslides on the approaches to the summit of Mont-Blanc has led the French tourist spot to be rated the world’s most dangerous natural site.<\/p>\n

Both professional mountaineers and amateur climbers have fallen victim to the almost daily rockfalls.<\/p>\n

Over the summer three people were killed while tackling the Go\u00fbter corridor to the peak of Mont-Blanc.<\/p>\n

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The title was awarded to Mont Blanc by the online vacation rental site Holidu, finishing top ahead of Ben Nevis, in Scotland, and Mount Fuji, in Japan.<\/p>\n

A guide Ludovic Ravanel told French channel TF1 last August: “In the Mont-Blanc massif alone, we have had much more significant phenomena this year with much larger volumes.”<\/p>\n

According to Oc\u00e9ane Vibert the director of the mountain office in Chamonix-Mont-Blanc autumn is often the worst as heat builds up in the rocks.<\/p>\n

He said: “All the heat that has been stored, we often pay for in autumn because there is a sort of inertia of this heat which enters the rock.”<\/p>\n

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Despite the risks or perhaps as a result of them, people continue to flock to Mont Blanc.<\/p>\n

However, officials warn that increased numbers on the mountain only increase the risk of accidents. <\/p>\n

The mayor of the town of Saint-Gervais, Haute-Savoie, Jean-Marc Peillex said: “We are witnessing an overcrowding of a site that has become fashionable. People come to do the Mont-Blanc to achieve an exploit, but they know little about the mountain.<\/p>\n

“They skip the steps when such an ascent should be the culmination of a learning process.”<\/p>\n