"Mont Blanc", published in History of a Six Weeks' Tour through a part of France, Switzerland, Germany, and Holland, a book written with his wife, Mary, who wrote most of the prose (Percy Shelley wrote the poem)
This mountain with its restaurants and breath-taking view of the Rhône valley or Mont Blanc attracts many from nearby Geneva.
In "Dit du Château mort" ("Tale of Castle Death"), she evokes a pagan country castle near Mont Blanc haunted by a flaming sword turning in the air.
After soloing the north face of the Col du Plan, he climbed: the Bonatti Pillar, Aiguille du Dru; the Freney Pillar directissima, Mont Blanc; Gervussutti Pillar, Mt Blanc du Tacul; Walker Spur, Grandes Jorrasses; Brenva Spur, Mt Blanc; Eiger north face, Droites north face.
They thrive on the edge of beautiful cliffs overlooking the Rhone valley or on the hills where the top of the Alps and Mont Blanc can be seen.
In good weather it allows us to see the contours of Mont Blanc.
In 1859 Frankland passed a night on the very top of Mont Blanc in company with John Tyndall.
After training at the Hotel and Restaurant School of Denmark, Knipschildt worked in the Mont Blanc area of France twice, and also in southern Spain.
Arkwright, along with his guide and two porters, was killed in an avalanche on Mont Blanc on 13 October 1866.
He is an active athlete, he has participated in several sea-sailing competitions, climbed the top of Mont Blanc and finished several international marathons.
An eye injury forces Sisif to abandon his trade, and he goes to work instead on the funicular at Mont Blanc.
Another attraction was the "Chalet or Swiss Cottage" from the window of which the visitor could look at real waterfalls, against the background of the Mer de Glace and Mont Blanc, as painted by Mr Danson.
Marine Captain Overton had previously been awarded the Croix de Guerre with silver star and palm for action in the Bois de Belleau (13 June 1918) and the Distinguished Service Cross for action near Mont Blanc (2–10 October 1918).
Mandana had dabbled in various jobs as kinder Garden teacher,Sales Manager for Mont Blanc.
In 1784-1785 he was the first traveller to attempt the ascent of Mont Blanc (not conquered till 1786), but neither then nor later (1788) did he succeed in reaching its summit.
Private Sector Professional Merit Award granted by the ITAM's Alumni Association (2003): The Golden Plate Award granted by the Academy of Achievement in 2004; "2000 Women of the Year" granted by the Mexican Expansion Magazine; "The Leading Women Entrepreneurs of the World" granted by Star Group (1998); the "2005 Women's Medal" granted by the Anahuac University and the "2004 Mont Blanc Businesswoman Award", among others.
Author Mark Seaton and David Bennett, a publisher of children's books, conceived the books while they climbed Mont Blanc together.
The international feel was further supported by more than 12 international and world-class brand names that act as sponsors for the show which includes Mont Blanc, Audermars Piguet, Omega, Carolina Herrera Fragrance, Marc Jacobs Fragrance, Calvin Klein Fragrance, Vera Wang Fragrance, Paul Smith Fragrance, Burberry Fragance, True Fitness, The Regent Kuala Lumpur, BCBG Max Azria and Maybankard Platinum.
Selected strahlers (mineral hunters) from Germany, Italy, Austria, Switzerland and France display their new finds made in the highest alpine mountains like Mont Blanc massif.
Mont Blanc / Monte Bianco, a peak in the Alps on the border between France and Italy
Together with Stéphane Brosse he has held the ski mountaineering record on the Mont Blanc since May 30, 2003 with a total time of 5 hours 15 minutes 47 seconds.
On 11 July 1961, Mazeaud and other fellow climbers almost died in the Mont Blanc massif due to an unexpected storm.
In 1875, Jules Violle resumed the work of Pouillet and offered a somewhat larger estimate of 1.7 kW/m² based, in part, on a celebrated measurement that he made from Mont Blanc in France.
Meteorologist Hannes (Sepp Rist) works alone at a remote weather station below the summit of Mont Blanc in the French Alps.
Previously, she was also the first Arab woman to climb Mont Blanc, Mount Elbrus, and Mount Kilimanjaro.
Located at the foot of the Mont Blanc Vallorcine is a tiny and so far unspoilt little ski village located within the Chamonix Valley and forming part of the Domaine de Balme ski area (which includes Le Tour).
Between 1993 and 1996 Vitkauskas climbed the Seven Summits, the highest peaks of all the continents including Mt. Everest (Eurasia), Mt. McKinley (6,194 m, North America), Vinson Massif (4,897 m, Antarctica), Kilimanjaro (5,895 m, Africa), Mt. Kosciusko (2,228 m, Australia), Aconcagua (6,959 m, South America); also Elbrus (5,642 m, Caucasus) and Mont Blanc (4,807 m, Alps) in Europe.
In his youth he climbed Mont Blanc and other mountains as a pastime and in 1811 he graduated as a physician from Edinburgh University.
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arranged in a circle; he used the device to measure the color of the sky at Geneva, Chamonix and Mont Blanc.
Together with Karl Blodig, Geoffrey Winthrop Young and the guide Joseph Knubel of St Niklaus he made the first ascent of the Brouillard ridge to the summit of Mont Blanc on 9 August 1911.
It was charted in 1951 by the French Antarctic Expedition and named by them for a summit of the Alps in the vicinity of Mont Blanc.
He made winter ascents of the Grandes Jorasses and the Gran Paradiso, as well as putting up several new routes on Mont Blanc, including the Peuterey ridge on 15–19 August 1893 (with Emile Rey, Christian Klucker and César Ollier).
He was also in the Alps, the Dolomites (1907 - climbing the Vajolet Towers solo without a rope), Ortler (1908 - Königspitze in German), and Wallis Alps (1928 - Matterhorn, Mont Blanc).