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    The Dent du Géant (It.: Dente del Gigante, "giant's tooth") (4,013 m) is a mountain in the Mont Blanc massif in France and Italy. The Dent du Géant remained...
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    crosses the mountain range from Courmayeur to Chamonix through the Col du Géant. The 11.6 km (7+1⁄4 mi) Mont Blanc Tunnel, constructed between 1957 and...
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  • puppets Géant Casino, a European hypermarket chain based in France GÉANT, a European computer network for research and education Dent du Géant, a mountain...
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    123 ft) in height, including the Grandes Jorasses, Rochefort Ridge, Dent du Géant, Mont Maudit, Mont Blanc and its western satellite, the Aiguille de...
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    the north is the Géant Glacier which overlooks the Mer de Glace. The pass is between the peaks of the Tour Ronde and the Dent du Géant. Near the pass are...
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    The Aiguille du Midi (French pronunciation: [eɡɥij dy midi], "Needle at midday") is a 3,842-metre-tall (12,605 ft) mountain in the Mont Blanc massif within...
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    the Col de l'Evêque, Col du Mont Brulé and Col de Valpelline, then a long descent under the shoulder of the Matterhorn and Dent d'Herens. Day 7: Optional...
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  • Matterhorn in 1865 and ended with W. W. Graham and party's ascent of the Dent du Géant in 1882. Whilst the golden age of alpinism (1854–1865) was characterised...
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    Glacier des Periardes, the vast Glacier du Géant and the broad icefields of the Vallee Blanche. The Glacier du Tacul supplies much more ice than the Glacier...
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    2016-10-06. Retrieved 2017-05-30. Clinton Thomas Dent, 'The History of an Ascent of the Aiguille du Dru', Alpine Journal, Vol. IX, reprinted as 'The First...
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    the nearby Dent du Géant. It is possible to take the Vallée Blanche Cable Car which travels right over the Géant Glacier, from the Aiguille du Midi in France...
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    Aiguille du Dru (3,754 m) Aiguille Verte (4,122 m) Mer de Glace, Dent du Géant (4,013 m) and Grandes Jorasses (4,208 m) in Chamonix (c. 1890) Tramway du Mont-Blanc...
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    The Tour du Mont Blanc or TMB is one of the most popular long-distance walks in Europe. It circles the Mont Blanc massif, covering a distance of roughly...
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    Europe. Between the peaks of the Aiguilles Rouges and the notable Aiguille du Midi, it borders both Switzerland and Italy. It is one of the oldest ski resorts...
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    near Courmayeur. On the opposite side you can see Mont Blanc, the Dent du Géant (4,013 m ) and the Brenva Glacier. At the entrance of the valley lies...
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    each responsible for one half of the tunnel: the French Autoroutes et tunnel du Mont-Blanc (ATMB), founded on 30 April 1958, and the Italian Società italiana...
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    high summits. These huts included the refuges of the Grand Paradis, Col du Géant, Aiguilles Grises and Grandes Jorasses.: 133  Rey's career as a mountain...
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    Alpes Valaisannes du CAS' by Robin G. Collomb. Published by The Alpine Club, London 1968. ALPIN-Tourenbuch. "Hochtour: Mont Blanc Du Tacul". Retrieved...
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    emerged in the Mont Blanc Massif in the French Alps, at the foot of the Dent du Géant at an altitude of about 3400 meters, that was considered as evidence...
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    the Combe Maudite and Mont Blanc du Tacul basins. Other mountaineering excursions in the area are the Dent du Géant (Giant's Tooth), the Rochefort ridge...
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    Glacier du Géant, with its summits forming part of the frontier between France and Italy. It is situated between the Col de Rochefort and the Col du Géant, and...
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    Patagonia (First ascent) with Don Whillans 1964 Cime de l'Est NE Ridge, Dents du Midi, (First ascent) with John Harlin and Rusty Baillie 1965 Coronation...
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    Huber found it his scariest solo (starts at 50m). 2006 – South Face of Dent du Géant 5.11b (6c) (200-metres), Mont Blanc; first free solo of the route. 2008...
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    per year. The first attempt of this route (from the Aiguille du Goûter up to the Col du Dôme, but not further), was completed on 17 September 1784 by...
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    Pointe Helbronner is the starting point of a ski run via the Glacier du Géant and the Mer de Glace to Montenvers and Chamonix. The mountain is the starting...
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  • It is located above the Glacier du Géant, under the East face of Mont Blanc du Tacul and opposite the Aiguille du Midi.The mountain is a mix of snow...
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    do the first-ever alpine first free ascent on the Southwest Face of Dent du Géant, in Chamonix, France, bypassing all spikes, ropes, and ladders. 1901 :...
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  • Alaska, US Conejos Peak 4,015 13,173 San Juan Mountains, Colorado, US Dent du Géant 4,013 13,166 Mont Blanc massif, France/Italy Red Slate Mountain 4,013...
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    Blanche Aerial Tramway going to the Aiguille du Midi, which connects to the Téléphérique de l'Aiguille du Midi, the cable car from Chamonix. Notre Dame...
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  • Aiguille du Tour Aiguille de Tré la Tête Aiguille de Triolet Aiguille Verte La Breya Le Catogne Le Châtelet (Mont Blanc) Dent du Géant Dôme du Goûter Dôme...
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