A 70-year-old hiker died on Saturday afternoon after a fatal fall in the mountains in the town of Bonneval-sur-Arc (Savoie), we learned from rescuers.
The facts took place around noon at 2500 meters above sea level near the Evettes refuge when the septuagenarian was moving in a particularly steep area before "
having difficulties
" and falling "
of a hundred meters
", specified the High Mountain Gendarmerie Platoon (PGHM) of Modane.
It is the guard of the refuge who alerted the rescuers.