AOSTA. And 52 year old mountaineer died last night on the normal French route to Mont Blanc. A rockfall – reports the France Bleu website – made him fall while he was crossing the Gouter Canalknown for the accidents that occur due to frequent collapses. The passage is located downstream from the Gouter refuge (3835 meters above sea level).
The two climbing companions were rescued by helicopter by the ‘Peloton de gendarmerie de Haute-Montagne’ of Chamonix: when the French gendarmes-rescuers arrived, there was nothing more that could be done for the fifty-two-year-old. This is the fourth victim on the French side of Mont Blanc in the last few days. On Wednesday, two Spanish climbers fell to their deaths while abseiling from the summit of Mont-Blanc du Tacul. The third member of the team, who was unharmed, raised the alarm. The following day, a 67-year-old Frenchman lost his life after falling into a 15-meter-deep crevasse, after having deviated from the normal route on Mont Blanc.
The sixty-two-year-old man who sank with him into the crack in the glacier was injured.
2024-08-25 02:27:31