![]() ![]() He also adds that everyone-even those prepared-must be more careful in the mountains, which are becoming less stable every year due to the changing climate.From the hut follow the path N then E to the remnant of the Meitin Glacier, then go L to the foot of the couloir coming from the Col du Meitin. Bruno Jelk, Chief of the Zermatt Rescue Service, confirmed that many climbers this season have entered the mountains without proper equipment and training. The group of four who died on Mont Blanc, for example, did not have proper clothing to protect from the elements, and they did not attempt to dig a shelter in the snow. It is known that in some cases, climbers were not well prepared. Only in 1997 did so many climbers lose their lives in such a short period. Finally, today, three climbers were hit by falling ice at the Dome des Ecrins, also in the French Alps.Ģ007 has become one of the darkest summers in the past half-century. They had tried to take a more difficult variant of the Standard Route. The German woman and men were missing for two days when they were found dead near the Grands Mulets. Mont Blanc took again three lives last Saturday. The PGHM of Chamonix for example winched "stuck" people from hard routes on the Dru and the Grandes Jorasses. A remarkable number of alpinists were evacuated because they couldn't or wouldn't climb further. Air Zermatt answered-in two days-more than twenty calls from mountain travellers in trouble, most of them with "only" light injuries. Last weekend also was busy for the rescue services. ![]() Air Zermatt rescued them after his partner called for help. Two German climbers at the Weismies, above Saas Grund, got in trouble when lightning struck and seriously injured one of them. On August 2 another cold front hit the Alps. Some days later a climber was descending through the Grand Couloir of Mont Blanc when he lost his balance and fell about 100 meters. They fell through the cornice of the Arete de Bionassay. Menno BoermansĪnother accident occurred on Mont Blanc, taking the lives of a French man and his son. The PGHM has been working overtime to accomodate the large volume of rescue calls this summer. Air Zermatt was able to recover his body, but he died later that day in the Hospital of Sitten.Ī Chamonix-based PGHM (high mountain police) rescue chopper. He was, early in the morning on July 28, walking from the Konkordiahut towards the glacier, when he fell through a snow bridge on the moraines. In two other accidents, three young Swiss died by falling from the Obergabelhorn, and a tragic accident on the Aletschgletjser took the life of Claude Rey, President of the International Guides Association (IFMGA). At least three fell to their death after stumbling on hiking paths, and two Polish climbers fell several hundred meters from the Allalinhorn mountain near the Swiss village of Saas Fee. Many times they successfully brought help, but for some climbers it was too late. The same week Air Zermatt, the helicopter rescue service in the Swiss mountains of Wallis, was extremely busy. Both fell to their death while descending via the Hornli Ridge. In the week following, two climbers died on the Matterhorn. The chief of the Grindelwald rescue station said it was one of the most strenuous rescue operations in recent years. The helicopter winched some of them the others descended by foot. Through a storm they climbed the mountain to find all six shivering in the snow. At the Grand Combin (4314m) a Polish climber fell to his death, and in the Swiss Bernese Oberland rescue workers saved the lives of six climbers who were stuck near the summit of the Monch. The next day one woman was found dead and another seriously incapacitated due to hypothermia. That same day six German climbers got in trouble on the Italian side of Monte Rosa (4634 m) and were forced to spend the night, without bivy gear, outside in a storm. ![]()
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