LYON, July 15 — Two climbers have died after plunging from the rocky face of a popular mountaineering route in the French Alps, rescue services said today. The bodies of a 40-year-old Dutch man and a 30-year-old French woman were found lastafternoon near the Chapelle de la Gliere, a rocky ridge...
Waves of climbers and tourists head to the Alps each summer. — Reuters pic
The bodies of a 40-year-old Dutch man and a 30-year-old French woman were found lastafternoon near the Chapelle de la Gliere, a rocky ridge in the Chamonix valley, not far from the Mont Blanc.Also yesterday, a 71-year-old hiker was killed after falling near the summit of the Mont de Grange, in the French Alps near the Swiss border.
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