Mont Blanc and snowboarding. The three towns and their communes which surround Mont Blanc are Courmayeur in Aosta Valley, Italy; and Saint-Gervais-les-Bains and Chamonix in Haute-Savoie, France. The latter town was the site of the first Winter Olympics. A cable car ascends and crosses the mountain range from Courmayeur to Chamonix, through the Col du Géant. The 11 km (7¼-mile) Mont Blanc Tunnel, constructed between 1957 and 1965, runs beneath the mountain and is a major trans-Alpine transport route. The first recorded ascent of Mont Blanc was on 8 August 1786 by Jacques Balmat and the doctor Michel Paccard. This climb, initiated
Deaf climbers of the United States. This is because of the vast mountain ranges and wilderness in the west. It is difficult as a climber in the east of the United States where the terrain is much different. To climb outdoors depending on where in the east you live, you would have a long trip getting there. There are many indoor climbing gyms which many climbers start out at in the urban areas. There are many well known professional climbers throughout the climbing world, none of which are deaf. Although this is true, there are deaf climbers out there who have attempted