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Mont Blanc Mountaineer Pinned Down By Rockfall In "The Death Couloir"
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A father and his daughter, experienced mountaineers, lost their lives on Saturday 19 July in the Alps as they set out to climb a needle of more than 4,000 metres.
The father-daughter duo attacked a needle of more than 4000 meters in the Mont Blanc massif, when they would have unscrewed. They were found dead on Saturday.
Mont Blanc Mountaineer Pinned Down By Rockfall In "The Death Couloir"
Grand Couloir du Goûter, a classic route up Mont Blanc has the morbid but fitting nickname “Death Couloir” as it has been the site of over 100 mountaineer deaths. Rockfalls like the one featured in the below video a one of the main factors makes Grand Couloir du Goûter one of the most accident-prone areas in the Alps. Preventative measures have been instituted over the years including the 2009 Petzl Foundation financed an accident prevention stu…
Bodies of Missing Father & Daughter Found at Base of Bionnassay Peak, Mont Blanc, France - SnowBrains
Pierre and Elia Poirot went missing on Friday and were found deceased at the foot of Mont Blanc on Saturday. | Image: Facebook A father and daughter from the Vosges region of France have died after falling while climbing the Aiguille de Bionnassay in the Mont Blanc massif, France. Elia Poirot, 24, a medical student, and her father Pierre Poirot, 56, a long-time mathematics teacher and active local sports figure, were found dead on Saturday morni…
A 56-year-old father and daughter, Pierre, and 24-year-old Elia, lost their lives during a mountaineering race on Mont Blanc on Friday 18 July. Passionate about the discipline, they would have been victims of a bad fall.
As they climbed Bionnassay's needle in the Mont-Blanc massif, two mountain climbers were found dead on Saturday 19 July. Their identity is now known. He is a father and his daughter, from Etival-Clairefontaine, in the Vosges.
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