French town famed for extreme sports bans wingsuit
By LORI HINNANT
Associated Press
The French town of Chamonix, deep in the shadow of Mont Blanc, has always embraced danger.

Climbers scale Europe's highest peak in dire conditions. Backcountry skiers risk avalanches or falling off cliffs.

But the arrival this summer of the wingsuit flyers offered peril on an entirely new scale. For nearly two months, daredevils in skin-tight suits with batwing sleeves and a flap between their legs hurled themselves off the Brevent ...