I thought I´d better check again; I don´t like to
leave matters of such import uninvestigated, and as it´s not covenient for me to
go to Mont Blanc tonight I contented myself with going to the Peakware
World Mountain Encyclopedia: the first time I had discovered it. It states that
Mont Blanc is the highest peak in Europe (not counting the Caucasus), and
therefore in Italy, France or Switzerland, at 4,810 metres, while Mont Blanc de
Courmayeur, which is just below it, and can be reached from it in 15
minutes, is the second highest peak in Italy at 4,748 metres. I will take
their word for it!
Roger.