Two killed on Mont Blanc due to the heat

Mont Blanc - file image

Two climbers have been killed by a rockfall on Mont Blanc as an early-summer heatwave leaves the standard route dangerously dry.

A Czech mountain guide and one of his clients died in the Goûter couloir at around 2:30 on Wednesday morning, on the most exposed section of the ascent. 

A third climber was pulled out unhurt and taken to hospital in Sallanches. 

Several guides have already stopped taking clients to the summit, and the mayor of Saint-Gervais warns the refuges may have to close if conditions worsen. 

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