Two climbers and their guide have fallen 800m to their death in the Mont Blanc range, police said earlier today, the latest in a series of tragedies on Europe’s highest mountain.
Helicopter rescue teams discovered the bodies of the three victims on Sunday night near the Aiguille du Midi peak, which rises to a height of 3 842 metres.
The deaths came just days after six climbers fell 250m to their death on another peak, the Aiguille d’Argentiere, and brings to 20 the number of deaths or missing since the beginning of the climbing season.
