Mont Blanc: mayor tries to stop ill-equipped 'hotheads' tackling peak

Saint-Gervais mayor warns that people who try to climb France's highest mountain without proper kit face fines after series of deaths and accidents

French authorities are calling for police to enforce fines against climbers who attempt to scale Mont Blanc without proper clothing and equipment.

The move follows a series of deaths and accidents on western Europe's highest mountain. Earlier this month, a Hungarian woman and her nine-year-old twins were helicoptered off the peak by mountain rescuers.