Editing Mont Blanc (section)

== Exploits and incidents ==
[[File:Mont Blanc view from a plane.jpg|thumb|upright=1.2|[[Aerial view]] of the south-eastern side of Mont Blanc, taken on a commercial flight]]
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*{{Timeline-event|date=1786|event=The first ascent, by [[Michel-Gabriel Paccard]] and [[Jacques Balmat]]; see [[Exploration of the High Alps]].}}
*{{Timeline-event|date=1787|event=The fourth ascent, by Englishman [[Mark Beaufoy]], with at least six guides and a servant.}}
*{{Timeline-event|date={{Start date|1808|07|df=y}}|event=The first ascent by a woman, [[Maria Paradis]], with Balmat as her guide.}}
*{{Timeline-event|date={{Start date|1838|07|df=y}}|event=The second ascent by a woman, [[Henriette d'Angeville]].}}
*{{Timeline-event|date=1890|event=Giovanni Bonin, Luigi Grasselli and Fr. Achille Ratti (later [[Pope Pius XI]]) discovered the normal Italian route (West Face Direct) on descent.}}
*1950: [[Air India Flight 245]] crashes into Mont Blanc.
*{{Timeline-event|date=1960|event=The airplane pilot Henri Giraud landed on the summit, which is only {{cvt|30|m}} long.}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Henri GIRAUD |url=http://www.flight-system.com/HGiraud01.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170721025052/http://www.flight-system.com/HGiraud01.htm |archive-date=21 July 2017 |access-date=23 October 2017 |website=www.flight-system.com}}</ref>
*1966: [[Air India Flight 101]] crashes into Mont Blanc.
*{{Timeline-event|date=1990|event=The [[Switzerland|Swiss]] Pierre-André Gobet, leaving from [[Chamonix]], completed the ascent and descent in 5 hours, 10 minutes and 14 seconds.}}
*{{Timeline-event|date={{Start date|2003|5|30|df=y}}|event=[[Stéphane Brosse]] and [[Pierre Gignoux]] tried to beat the record by ski-walking. They went up in 4 hours and 7 minutes and came back down in 1 hour and 8 minutes. In total, they did the ascent and descent in 5 hours and 15 minutes.}}
*{{Timeline-event|date={{Start date|2003|8|13|df=y}}|event=Seven French paraglider pilots landed on the summit. They reached a peak altitude of {{cvt|5200|m}}, thanks to the hot weather conditions, which provided strong hot air currents. Five had left from Planpraz, one from [[Rochebrune, Hautes-Alpes|Rochebrune]] at [[Megève]] and the last one from [[Samoëns]].}}
*{{Timeline-event|date={{Start date|2007|6|8|df=y}}|event=Danish artist [[Marco Evaristti]] draped the peak of Mont Blanc with red fabric, along with a {{cvt|20|ft|adj=on}} pole with a flag reading "Pink State". He had been arrested and detained earlier on 6 June for attempting to paint a pass leading up to the summit red. He aimed to raise awareness of environmental degradation.}}<ref>''[https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/06/08/AR2007060802937.html Danish Artist Drapes Mont Blanc in Red] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170922211628/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/06/08/AR2007060802937.html |date=22 September 2017 }}'', 8 June 2007</ref>
*{{Timeline-event|date={{Start date|2007|9|13|df=y}}|event=A group of 20 people set up a hot tub at the summit.}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Jaccuzzi on mont-blanc summit |url=http://www.jaccuzzi.ch/index_e.html |website=www.jaccuzzi.ch |access-date=2020-05-29 |archive-date=7 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220407055109/http://www.jaccuzzi.ch/index_e.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
*{{Timeline-event|date={{Start date|2012|8|19|df=y}}|event=Fifty paraglider pilots landed on the summit, beating the previous record of seven top landing pilots, set in 2003. This included the second-ever tandem landing on the summit.}}<ref>''[http://www.xcmag.com/2012/08/50-pilots-topland-mont-blanc-as-chamonix-sees-record-day/] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120922211304/http://www.xcmag.com/2012/08/50-pilots-topland-mont-blanc-as-chamonix-sees-record-day/|date=22 September 2012}}'', '50' pilots topland Mont Blanc as Chamonix sees record day, XC Mag, 19 August 2012</ref>
*11 July 2013: [[Kilian Jornet]] beat the fastest overall time for ascent and descent with 4 hours, 57 minutes and 40 seconds.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.climbing.com/news/extraordinary-speed-record-on-mont-blanc/ |title=Extraordinary Speed Record on Mont Blanc |website=climbing.com |date=21 July 2013 |access-date=23 October 2017 |archive-date=29 October 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171029020134/https://www.climbing.com/news/extraordinary-speed-record-on-mont-blanc/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.chamonix.net/english/mountaineering/mont-blanc-speed-records |title=Mont-Blanc Speed Record: Ascent and Descent on Foot |last=chamonix.net |website=www.chamonix.net |access-date=23 October 2017 |archive-date=24 October 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171024152933/https://www.chamonix.net/english/mountaineering/mont-blanc-speed-records |url-status=live }}</ref>
*21 June 2018: [[Emelie Forsberg]] set a women's fastest known time up and down from Chamonix with 7 hours 53 minutes and 12 seconds, improving her previous record of 8 hours 10 minutes from 2013.<ref name="alpinrunning1">{{cite web |url=http://alpinrunning.org/summitsrecords |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150810122046/http://alpinrunning.org/summitsrecords |title=Summit Records |publisher=Alpinrunning |archive-date=10 August 2015 |access-date=2016-05-08 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
*17 June 2023: {{ill|Hillary Gerardi|fr|Hillary Gerardi}} set a new women's fastest known time with 7 hours, 27 minutes and 39 seconds, taking a longer but safer route via the Arête Nord due to serac fall.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-06-19 |title=NEWS: Hillary Gerardi breaks Women's Mont Blanc FKT |url=https://www.ukclimbing.com/news/2023/06/hillary_gerardi_breaks_womens_mont_blanc_fkt-73373 |access-date=2023-06-22 |website=www.ukclimbing.com |language=en}}</ref>

=== Incidents involving children ===
In July 2014, an American entrepreneur and traveller [[Patrick Sweeney (entrepreneur)|Patrick Sweeney]] attempted to break the record with his nine-year-old son and 11-year-old daughter. They were caught in [[avalanche|an avalanche]], escaped death and decided not to pursue their attempt.<ref name="ind">{{cite news |author=Lizzie Dearden |date=2014-07-28 |title=American climber whose children almost died in Mont Blanc avalanche says he has 'no regrets' amid criticism |newspaper=[[The Independent]] |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/american-climber-whose-children-almost-died-in-mont-blanc-avalanche-says-he-has-no-regrets-amid-9633772.html |url-status=dead |access-date=2017-09-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151028205921/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/american-climber-whose-children-almost-died-in-mont-blanc-avalanche-says-he-has-no-regrets-amid-9633772.html |archive-date=28 October 2015}}</ref><ref name="figaro">
{{cite web |author=Constance Jamet |date=2014-07-28 |title=La présence d'enfants alpinistes sur le Mont-Blanc scandalise |url=http://www.lefigaro.fr/actualite-france/2014/07/28/01016-20140728ARTFIG00093-la-presence-d-enfants-alpinistes-sur-le-mont-blanc-scandalise.php |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140728150816/http://www.lefigaro.fr/actualite-france/2014/07/28/01016-20140728ARTFIG00093-la-presence-d-enfants-alpinistes-sur-le-mont-blanc-scandalise.php |archive-date=2014-07-28 |access-date=2017-09-09 |work=[[Le Figaro]] |language=fr}}</ref>

In August 2014, an unknown [[Austria]]n climber with his 5-year-old son were intercepted by [[Mountain rescue|mountain gendarmes]] at {{cvt|3,200|m}} and forced to turn back.<ref>{{cite web |author=Kim Willsher |date=2014-08-13 |title=Bodies of five climbers found on Mont Blanc after six go missing |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/aug/13/climbers-bodies-found-mont-blanc-france |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140820165616/http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/aug/13/climbers-bodies-found-mont-blanc-france |archive-date=2014-08-20 |access-date=2017-09-09 |work=[[The Guardian]]}}</ref>

On 5 August 2017, 9-year-old [[Hungary|Hungarian]] twins and their mother were rescued from {{cvt|3,800|m}} by helicopter while their father and family friend continued their summit attempt.<ref>{{cite web |author=Nelly Assénat |date=2017-08-10 |title=Ils tentent de gravir le Mont-Blanc avec leurs jumeaux de 9 ans |url=https://www.francebleu.fr/infos/faits-divers-justice/ils-tentent-de-gravir-le-mont-blanc-avec-leurs-jumeaux-de-9-ans-1502371456 |access-date=2017-09-09 |publisher=[[France Bleu]] |language=fr |archive-date=10 September 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170910041146/https://www.francebleu.fr/infos/faits-divers-justice/ils-tentent-de-gravir-le-mont-blanc-avec-leurs-jumeaux-de-9-ans-1502371456 |url-status=live }}</ref>