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Climbers rescued from Mont Blanc after text message alerts

Two experienced climbers have been rescued from one of Europe’s highest mountains after raising the alarm through text messages to a friend in the UK.

Finn McCann and Tom Greenwood, both 23, spent the night in their sleeping bags 11,000ft up the Italian side of Mont Blanc in the Alps after being trapped by a storm on Wednesday.