Mountaineers missing on Mont Blanc: one body found Lieutenant Colonel Stéphane Bozon explains how the High Mountain Gendarmerie Platoon (PGHM) found the body of one of the three missing Italian climbers on the Mont Blanc massif. Three Italian climbers were found dead Friday on Mont Blanc in the French Alps, three days after they set out to summit Europe's highest peak, rescue workers said. SOUNDBITES