Two Irish mountaineers have died on Mont Blanc as concerns grow that the mountain range is becoming a tourism free-for-all.
Rescuers in the French Alpine town of Chamonix said the pair had been "very well equipped" but fell on Sunday when it appeared their rope came undone while climbing up the 13,000ft (4,000 metre) "Giant's Tooth".
They were aged 37 and 55, the Irish Independent reported.
The deaths came just two days after two Finnish mountaineers were killed on the Mont Blanc massif after slipping on a mound of snow and falling into a crevasse.
Authorities are becoming increasingly concerned about the number of people attempting dangerous climbs on the peak, some of them inexperienced.
An American climber recently attempted to go up the so-called "Corridor of Death" to western Europe's highest mountain with his nine-year-old son and 11-year-old daughter to try and set a new world record.
Patrick Sweeney, his son PJ and daughter Shannon were caught in the start of an avalanche, which forced them to cancel their attempt.
This was being filmed and footage of the fall was broadcast on ABC News earlier this month.
Sweeney was recorded saying in the video that he wanted to "set the world record" for the youngest mountaineer to make the climb.
The record is held by Briton Asher Silver, who conquered the 15,780ft (4,810m) peak aged 10 five years ago.
In France, the mayor of the nearby Alpine town of Saint-Gervais, Jean-Marc Peillex, slammed the attempt as "reckless" and "outrageous".
It "is a demonstration of pride pushed to the extreme, to the point of putting the life of his own children in danger and boasting about it on a popular television channel," he said.
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