Ever reach the summit of a climb and say to yourself, "Wow, I could really go for a dip in a jaccuzzi?" Don't laugh, your dreams could be closer than you think. A group of Swiss? climbers humped all the appartus needed to build a hot tub on the summit of Mont Blanc. Nice. For those of you wondering about the environmental impact, their disclaimer:
We realize that our Event, could disturb certain people, especially those who climbed Mont-Blanc that day and were hoping to be alone on a virgin summit. We apologise sincerely. Also we hope they will understand that we are also often disturbed by the helicopter depositions and site seeing heli-trips for purely touristic activities. Regarding the pollution level, note that a jaccuzzi for 20 people heated from snow, is equivalent in fuel consumption to less than 10 minutes helicopter flight with 4 people. In our opinion there will certainly be far less often 20 peole ready to carry 45+ lb to the summit of Mont-Blanc (and back) than helicopers ready to take some tourists for a short ride over this fabulous mountain…
More pics and details of the climb on Jaccuzzi.ch.
