He was hiking with a client when he lost his life. On Friday, a 62-year-old mountain guide died in the Mont-Blanc massif after a fall on the Géant glacier, we learned this Saturday from mountain rescue.
The man was supervising a client at the beginning of the afternoon when the snow bridge on which he was progressing collapsed, indicated an official of the PGHM (Peloton de gendarmerie de haute montagne) of Chamonix. He was then buried under "five to six meters" of snow and ice, he said.
The body found after five hours
Alerted around 2:30 p.m. by the client, unharmed, the rescuers found the dead body of the victim around 7:30 p.m., while a dozen gendarmes were engaged in this operation, with the support of a helicopter. "The mountain community is losing a comrade", testified a rescuer, indicating that this experienced guide belonged to the Compagnie des Guides de Chamonix-Mont-Blanc.
A black series had mourned Haute-Savoie on July 14, with seven deaths of thrill seekers and wide open spaces on the same day. In Savoy, a young man of 25, who was camping with friends, died during the night from Friday to Saturday after a fall of about twenty meters at the Sapenay pass, also said Civil Security.