Chamonix Avalanche Claims Climbers

Two climbers, a high mountain guide aged 37 and his 48 year old client from the Vosges, have been killed by an avalanche started by a massive sérac fall on the Glacier Argentière close to Chamonix. The accident happened at 2,300 meters altitude at 17h30 today. Sérac falls are very difficult to predict.

Posted by on Wednesday, 23 February, 2005 at 09:02 PM

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