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On May 24, Benjamin Vedrines set a new speed record for skiing up and down Mont Blanc — 4 hours, 54 minutes, and 41 seconds.
Five years ago, DeMonte moved to Salt Lake City to reconstruct her life ... France after she attended a work conference there, Mont Blanc caught her eye and captured her imagination.
The flurry of fastest known times (FKTs) on Mont Blanc continues. Just days after the Frenchman Benjamin Védrines set a new men's ski FKT ascending and descending the mountain from a church in ...
Apparently, it's Fastest Known Time (FKT) season in the French Alps. Just days after Élise Poncet set the women's ski FKT on Mont Blanc, Benjamin Vedrines has set a new men's ski FKT on the peak.
Benjamin Vedrines, who just set a new ski record up and down Mont Blanc, describes the tradeoffs of skiing vs running and why ...
A Danish hiker fell to his death Wednesday in the Mont Blanc massif in the French Alps after slipping from a trail, rescue services said, just one day after four climbers were found dead on the ...
Benjamin Vedrines didn't keep his new speed record on Mont Blanc for very long. Today, an Italian athlete beat his time by 11 minutes.
Four climbers from Italy and South Korea were found dead on the Alps' highest peak of Mont Blanc on Tuesday after they had been missing for three days in bad weather, the local French prefecture said.
The flurry of fastest known times (FKTs) on Mont Blanc continues. Just days after the Frenchman Benjamin Védrines set a new men's ski FKT ascending and descending the mountain from a church in ...