Four Korean and Italian climbers trapped for three days by bad weather near the summit of Mont Blanc have been found “died of exhaustion” On Tuesday, September 10, the Haute-Savoie prefecture announced this to Agence France-Presse (AFP).
Rescuers, who had difficulty accessing the site due to difficult weather conditions, “First we found the rope of two Koreans, and nearby, the Italians”.
No contact had been established with the mountaineers since Saturday. That day, in the late afternoon, the High Mountain Gendarmerie platoon (PGHM) had been alerted by “Three rope climbing parties in danger not far from the summit of Mont Blanc in very bad weather conditions”.
A team of two Koreans was evacuated on Sunday morning, thanks to significant resources, to an altitude of 4,100 metres, not far from the Brenva pass. But the deterioration of the weather conditions made it impossible for the other two teams, made up of two other Koreans and two Italians, to intervene.
Conversation interrupted
A PGHM commander had told the regional newspaper The Dauphiné liberated that would have been possible “locate and [d’]We briefly exchanged telephone conversations with the two Italians who were on the north face of Mont Blanc, at an altitude of 4,600 metres.before the conversation was interrupted.
On Tuesday morning, the prefecture announced that the search had been in vain due to bad weather conditions. “There was a flyby that was attempted this [mardi] Tomorrow by helicopter from Chamonix. But the rescuers were unable to get through the cloud barrier and turned back.”had clarified.
Another plane was scheduled to take off from Annecy in the afternoon, when the weather forecast was more favourable. An Italian rescue patrol had already left alongside it. “overland” in the morning, always according to the prefecture.
