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as punishment. In the medieval period, Mont
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of 465 m (1,526 ft). The surrounding terrain is difficult enough to warrant a technical climb as the easiest method of ascent. The mountain is capped with meadows botanically similar to those on the
Vercors High Plateau, but beneath the cliffs there are extensive forests. The mountain lies
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on the summit, utilising an 80 m (260 ft)-long, 20 m (66 ft)-wide runway which had been built earlier that day using materials and men lifted to the summit by helicopters. In the following 18 years, he staged a further 51 landings on the summit before his final landing in 1975,
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The mountain was not climbed again until 1834, nearly 350 years later, when it was ascended barefoot by Jean
Liotard, accompanied for one-quarter of the way by local explorers. Less than a month later, it was climbed by seven people at the same time, who reportedly danced and sang
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ordered that the peak be climbed, so one of his servants, Antoine de Ville, made the ascent using a combination of ladders, ropes and other artificial aids. He was visited in the following days by many local members of the nobility and aristocracy. The team
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on the summit. In 1940, the top 11 m (36 ft) of the mountain collapsed, reducing the height to 2,085 m (6,841 ft). Seventeen years later, on 27 August 1957, the stunt pilot
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According to Roman legend, the mountain was torn from the rest of the
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many carrying paying passengers, and often made using skis. The mountain was designated in 1970 as part of the
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strata. As easily observed, the bedding planes are all roughly level, although there is some inclination down to the north-east.
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