Chamonix Butterfly and Ski Pole Postcard. Chamonix is a popular winter sports resort town in France. The 1924 Winter Olympics were held there. As the highest European mountain west of Russia, Mont Blanc holds a special allure for mountain climbers. Jon Krakauer, in an essay in his collection Eiger Dreams, described the town as "the death-sport capital of the world" because Chamonix serves as an ideal playground for almost all types of outdoor activity, especially in their more extreme variants, such as ice climbing, rock climbing, extreme skiing, paragliding, rafting, & canyoning. Size 4 x 6 inches.
