2023-08-03 01:13:45
Hecatomb in the Swiss massifs. Several mountaineers have died in accidents in the southern Swiss Alps in the space of a few days, police said on Wednesday.
Two mountaineers, a 37-year-old man and a 33-year-old woman from Zurich, died on Tuesday while trying to climb the Lagginhorn, which dominates the ski resort of Saas-Fee, in the canton of Valais, said the regional police. “Arriving at an altitude of approximately 3,960 m, for reasons still unknown, the two climbers fell approximately two hundred meters into the void. They died at the scene of the accident,” according to a statement.
The Valais police also indicated that a 19-year-old Bernese had fallen and died on Monday while descending the mountain of Stockhorn, which is part of the ski area of the Zermatt resort.
A 26-year-old Frenchman killed
The Valais police had previously indicated that two other mountaineers, a 26-year-old Frenchman and a 36-year-old Dutchman, also died on Monday due to falling rocks during the ascent of the Aiguilles du Tour, on the Swiss side of the massif. of Mont Blanc. A climber injured in the incident, a 22-year-old Dutchman, remains in critical condition, police told ATS-Keystone news agency on Wednesday.
On Sunday, a 47-year-old German-Ukrainian national was killed while trying to climb the Weisshorn, Switzerland’s second highest peak. He fell 600 m, according to the police, who opened investigations into all these fatal accidents.
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