(ANSA) - AOSTA, 05 AUG - The mayor of Saint-Gervais (France), Jean Marc Peillex, has now ordered the closure of the Tete Rousse and Gouter shelters, along the normal route to Monte Bianco, the busiest.
"Too many candidates for death - he writes - or even for suicide" travel it, "not listening to the mountain guides" who since 14 July no longer sell the climb given the increasingly frequent collapses of stones due to drought.
Only yesterday there were "79 mountaineers" at the Gouter refuge.
On Wednesday he announced a deposit of 15,000 euros for any rescue and burial expenses, but now he considers it "legally difficult to apply".
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