A 52-year-old mountaineer died in the massif of Mont Blanc in the early hours of Saturday, according to the authorities reported this Sunday, in the fourth fatal accident in that area in less than a week.
The accident occurred during the night from Friday to Saturday in the so-called Goûter corridor. due to falling rocksaccording to what his two climbing companions told the High Mountain Gendarmerie Platoon (PGHM).
Last Thursday, Another climber died after falling with his climbing partner into a crevasse very close to the site of the last accident.
And a day before, Two Spanish mountaineerstwo Guipuzcoans aged 26 and 27, died while descending from one of the peaks of the massif, Mont Blanc du Tacul, 4,428 metres high.
The peak of Mont Blanc is with its 4,805 meters of height the highest in Western Europebut the massif in which it is located offers other peaks and is very popular with mountaineers.
A base jumper died on Friday during a jump in Magland, also in the French Alps but outside the Mont Blanc massif, local public broadcaster France Bleu reported.
On the 5th, One climber died, four others were injured and two are still missing by a detachment of ice blocks (seracs) that affected a total of 15 mountaineers from several groups, also in the Mont-Blanc massif.
According to experts, the increase in recent years of accidents in the Mont Blanc area is due to the fact that permafrost meltingaccelerated by the global warmingcontributes to increased risks of landslides and falling ice blocks.
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