Mont Blanc
Sexagenarian marathon runner prepares for 300-kilometer race
Turkey's first female ultramarathon runner, Bakiye Duran, 62, is set to run in the Ultra Trail du Mont-Blanc (UTMB) that will be held Aug. 23.
Duran will run in the 300-kilometer UTMB, first held in 2003. The race will cover France, Italy and Switzerland and competitors will circle Mont Blanc massif in the Alps.
Mother Ran Over her 3-Year-Old Child While Parking
A three-year-old child died on Sunday evening after its mother, run over him in an attempt to park her off-road jeep.
The ridiculous accident occurred on a parking in the centre of the town Mont Blanc, located in the northeastern province of Catalonia.
According to the local police, the woman said she hadn't seen the child, and she didn't know exactly where it was.
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Three Bodies Found on Mont Blanc After Being Hidden by Glacier for Decades
The bodies of three climbers suspected to have died more than two decades ago have been discovered on the Italian side of western Europe's highest peak Mont Blanc, local police have said.
"The glacier is constantly shifting and we can say that the deaths occurred around 1995," said a spokesman for the Alpine rescue police service in Italy's northwestern Val d'Aoste region.