An Italian mountaineer was killed this Sunday by the fall of a block of ice in the Mont-Blanc massif, in Haute-Savoie, the gendarmes who managed to health his rope companion said on Monday.
This 38 -year -old man climbed Mont Blanc du Tacul, one of the access roads to the top of Mont Blanc, when a Sérac, a large block of ice that forms on the slopes of the glaciers, has detached and a “Broan” The two mountaineers, a soldier of the Chamonix gendarmerie (PGHM) of Chamonix, told AFP, confirming information from the radio here.
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Serac falls occur regularly
PGHM rescuers recovered one of the two mountaineers as a helicopter “healthy”, “Shaken” By the fall of the Serac, but failed to revive his rope companion to whom witnesses of the accident had provided a heart massage before their arrival.
Serac falls regularly occur on the different ascent ways of Mont-Blanc and are “Unpredictable”explains the PGHM. At a time when the two mountaineers passed, at dawn, “There was no one else at this specific location, fortunately”said the gendarme about these relatively frequented ascent routes during this summer period.