Mont-Blanc. It Stays Almost 12 Hours Suspended in the Void on the Tooth of the Giant
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Trapped by thick fog at nearly 4,000 metres above sea level, a Polish mountaineering couple had to wait until Thursday morning to be rescued.
A Polish mountaineer survived one of the most difficult trials at an altitude of almost 4,000 meters.
The dense fog for hours prevented helicopter intervention and forced ground equipment to be mobilized to assist the climber and his cordon companion
He remained for almost 12 hours hung on a rope, 40 meters from the summit. The fog has long prevented the intervention of the helicopter, then the lightened allowed the recovery. Reached also the companion, in good condition
For hours it was hung on the rope, in the void, a few tens of meters from the top of the Giant Tooth, on the Mont Blanc massif. The bad weather and fog made it impossible to intervene from the top until late morning, when a short opening in the sky allowed the French rescuers to reach one of the two [...] The article Alpinista remains for hours suspended in the vacuum at 40 meters from the summit: saved from the helicopter, the companion is stil…
Mountaineer Hanging From the Rope in the Void at 40 Meters From the Giant's Tooth: Difficult Rescues
Alarm in the mountains of the valley of Aosta, the unharmed companion stuck on the wall. The bad weather and clouds prevent the intervention with the helicopter
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