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Following another paragliding fatality today on Mt. Blanc, Italian authorities have banned hang gliding on their side of the mountain
Mountain: paragliding and hang gliding prohibited on Mont Blanc
16:03 July 17, 2015
(AGI) - Turin, July 17 - Prohibition of activities' of paragliding / hang-gliding on the Italian side of Mont Blanc until 12 October. This was communicated by the president of the region of Valle d'Aosta, in which 'was communicated by ENAC, today, following the request made in recent days by President Augusto Rollandin, the emessione a NOTAM (Notice to Airmen) for' the prohibition of paragliding and hang gliding. "It was necessary to act quickly - said the president of the Region of Valle d'Aosta - and I thank the Civil Aviation Authority for the speed 'with which he responded to our report. In addition to the risks taken by those flying in that area, and we have in mind all the Chronicles of the past weeks, there 'to consider that the operations of recovery of the injured and, unfortunately, the victims, have been long and difficult: the area, in fact, was invaded by hundreds of sails that prevented the helicopter to get up in flight, in a state, then, of extreme danger for the rescuers forced to intervene in an environment that, in this season of high temperatures, and 'subject to landslides and rockfalls. "(AGI) Chc
https://www.agi.it/torino/notizie/montagna_parapendio_e_deltaplano_vietati_su_monte_bianco-201507171603-cro-rt10123
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Paragliding is now destroying hang gliding in Europe.
I have been warning of this for years.
To survive, hang gliding organizations must stop identifying so closely with parachuting.
