Thought I would provide a map again this year so you can see the hike details. It's not quite as interesting as last year because 'round the mountain' is exactly that - a circle. The mountain in question is Mount Blanc, the highest mountain in the Alps - at 15,782 ft. The first recorded summit was in 1786. President Theordore Roosevelt summited Mt Blanc 100 years later.
I won't be doing that - just walking around it - starting in Chamonix where the first Winter Olympics took place, hiking into Italy where Courmayeur is the famous Italian town and then back into Switzerland.
No one is really sure who actually owns the summit - France or Italy. It used to be part of Sardinia but since the time of Napolean the actual ownership of the summit has been subject to debate centering around various treaties and maps. The two latest agreements between the two countries - in 1947 and 1963, totally ignored the issue. I am actually somewhat curious as to the border controls on this hike - into and out of EU nations. Hope we get to ignore it all too.
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