The following article is scheduled to be published in Global Geneva’s Nov. 2018 – January 2018 print and e-edition.  Upon their return home, Windham and Pococke’s gushing tales found favour in the European press. The first recorded ascent of Mont Blanc was by two Savoyards in 1786. The Savoy/Savoie was then part of the Kingdom … Continue reading Chamonix: France’s premier – and almost Swiss – mountain capital