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Chamonix-Mont-Blanc

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Chamonix-Mont-Blanc

French village in the département of Haute-Savoie, on the River Arve, 65 km/40 mi southeast of Geneva; population (1990) 10,000; altitude about 1,000 m/3,400 ft. It is in a scenic, narrow valley, north of the Mont Blanc mountain range. The most commonly used approach to Mont Blanc, it is a mountaineering and winter-sports centre.



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Milestones: Climbed the Eiger in Switzerland when he was 20; put the first ice-climbing routes up the frozen waterfall Nuit Blanche near Chamonix-Mont-Blanc and several others in France, Italy and Switzerland.
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