This is the second fatal accident in a week. A man was found dead Sunday after having unscrewed, while he was climbing alone in the ascent of Mont-Blanc, indicate the mountain rescue services.
The victim, whose identification was in progress at the end of the day, fell on Sunday morning in the corridor of the Goûter. A witness alerted the Chamonix high mountain gendarmerie (PGHM) platoon, according to France 3 Alpes.
“Apprentice mountaineers” in danger
A 65-year-old American had already been killed this week in the massif and a Korean has been missing there since Tuesday.
Friday, the prefecture of Haute-Savoie had warned against the difficulty and the dangerousness of the ascent of Mont-Blanc, even by the normal route, by reproaching “apprentice climbers” to venture there without being supervised by a professional guide.