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Climb to the top of Mont Blanc, the highest peak in Europe, without having booked a room in an accommodation center, could now sentence you to two years in prison and a fine of 300 000 euros in under new rules to solve overcrowding and security problems.
At an altitude of 4,807 meters, the Alpine summit is the highest mountain in Western Europe and attracts more than 20,000 mountaineers each year.
New rules of access
However, the French authorities have stated that a "large number of visitors" and people camping illegally have raised concerns about health risks such as water availability and problems of disposal. waste.
Starting Saturday, people hoping to climb the mountain by taking the standard route, which takes several days, must now book a room in one of three shelters. The decree mentions them as refuges Gouter, Tete Rousse and Eagle's Nest.
This was essential to "prevent trouble" climbers who had not booked in advance, the decree says.
The new rules will be in effect until the end of the climbing season in September.
Mountaineers caught camping on the road risk two years in prison and a fine of 300,000 euros, said regional administrator Pierre Lambert.
Enjoy Mont Blanc
The decree was signed the same day. A 25-year-old Slovak mountaineer died after a fall of about 250 meters at the beginning of this standard route, known as the "Royal Road".
During last year 's climbing season, fifteen mountaineers died on Mont Blanc, prompting officials to limit access to the most popular route in July.
But a public information campaign launched last summer to deter crowds had proved "ineffective," Lambert said.
The ban marks "the result of 15 years of fighting so mountaineers can enjoy Mont Blanc, while respecting it," said Jean-Marc Peillex, mayor of the city of St. Gervais, where most of mountaineers begin their ascent.
The new rules come as a traffic jam of climbers in Everest's "death zone" has been blamed on two of the four new deaths reported on Friday on the world's highest peak.
Eight people died in Everest in a week with the fear that the search for profits would be at odds with security.
(with AFP)
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