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GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Two climbers who fell to their deaths 24 August near Zermatt have been identified, say canton Valais police: a 48-year-old woman and 52-year-old man, both Italian. They were climbing the dent d’Hérens and were at 4,050 metres, roped together, when they fell 400 metres.
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GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Two climbers, whose bodies have not yet been identified, died while climbing the dent d’Hérens in canton Valais Wednesday 24 August, bringing to six the number of people who have died in mountain accidents in the Swiss Alps in the past week.
The pair were climbing the peak at 09:45, at 4,050 metres, say canton Valais police, when for unknown reasons they fell 400 metres to their deaths. The pair were roped together.
