Mountain accident in Valais –
A mountaineer fatally drops to the Bietschjoch
The man, who was part of a trio wanting to reach the summit of Waterhorn, fell into the vacuum on the Bietsch glacier on Sunday.
The emergency services, who arrived aboard a Zermatt air helicopter, could only note the death of the mountaineer.
KEYSTONE/Jean-Christophe Bott)
A mountaineer died Sunday morning around 4:45 am on the Bietsch glacier. The man, who left in trio of the Bietschhorn hut to join the summit of the Waterhorn, fell in the void during the passage of the Bietschjoch (3150 meters above sea level), indicates the Valais cantonal police in a press release. The reasons for his fall are still indeterminate.
The help of the Cantonal Organization Valais Rescue (OCVS 144), dispatched on the spot aboard a helicopter ofAir Zermattcould only note the death of the mountaineer. He has not yet been identified.
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