GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Four climbers died while returning from the summit of Mount Everest, over the weekend, Nepali officials report. All four climbers, from Germany, China, South Korea and Canada, died along the Southeast Ridge route, at altitudes of over 8000 meters above sea level. This area is also known as the “death zone”, as [...]
World-class Swiss climber dies on Valais peak on 52nd birthday (update)
April 29, 2011 by
Woman in critical condition after 200 metre fall Update 11:20 Geneva, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – Erhard Loretan, one of Switzerland’s most famous climbers who achieved world fame as one of the few people to climb 14 of the world’s peaks over 8,000 metres, died Thursday 28 April in a fall in canton Valais. He captured the [...]
