Two mountaineers were found dead at the foot of the knitting needle in the massif Mont-Blanc, Have we learned from the rescue on Monday. They might have unscrewed by crossing over the Durier refuge, according to Ici. The precise circumstances of the accident remain to be determined.
These are two other mountaineers who discovered the bodies and gave the alert around 12:45 pm, said the PGHM (peloton of high mountain gendarmerie) de Chamonix, in Haute-Savoie.
The victims are a man and a woman in her forties according to the same source which specifies that the bodies are being identified.
During the extended weekend of Pentecost, the PGHM of Chamonix made more than thirty outings. It is a lot but not unusual at this period, according to here.
