++ To climb Mont Blanc, a rescue deposit is required ++

(ANSA) - AOSTA, 03 AUG - Dozens of "pseudo mountaineers" ignore the recommendation not to climb Mont Blanc along the normal French route from the Gouter refuge due to the important stone falls linked to drought.

Thus the union of Saint-Gervais, a French municipality on which the ascent route is located, has established that those who want to climb the summit will have to pay a deposit of 15 thousand euros, of which 10 thousand euros equal to "the average cost of rescue" and 5 thousand euro for "the cost of burial of the victim".

"It is unacceptable - he writes - for the French taxpayer to pay these costs".

(HANDLE).