He was looking for the start of a large climbing route on the east face of the summit of Chamechaude, near Grenoble, when he fell about thirty meters. A man in his sixties died Wednesday in the Chartreuse massif (Isère), mountain rescue services said,
confirming information from France Bleu Isère.
Hikers sounded the alarm
“Visibly lost”, the sixty-year-old who was accompanied by a woman in her thirties, was walking on a steep path when the accident took place. The man slipped and fell, killing him instantly, according to the High-Mountain Gendarmerie Platoon (PGHM) of Isère, which intervened. Her friend being deprived of a telephone network, it was other hikers who raised the alert.
During the night from Tuesday to Wednesday in Savoie, a runner participating in one of the running races organized on the sidelines of the Ultra-Trail du Mont-Blanc also died following a fall.