Three people died in separate mountaineering accidents in the Alps 23 August.
A guide from Annecy in neighbouring France fell to his death on the Italian side of the Matterhorn. On the Mont Blanc mountain, another climber died near Peuterey, France, and a 75-year-old man became ill and fell 50 metres in the Pasubio massif near Vicenza in Italy.
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Posted by Sean Ecker on 24 August 2009 at 10:23 |
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News story, GenevaLunch, 24 August 2009.
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Tags: Alps, Annecy, France, Italy, Matterhorn, Monte Cervino, mountaineering accident, Pasubio, Peuterey, Sports, Vicenza
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