Nothing to do about it Thomas FranchiniL’mountaineer 35 year old from Madonna di Campiglio disappeared for two days while climbing the Cashan peak, on Andes: the man has already been found died. The pain of BrotherSilvestro Franchini, in a post shared on social media.
The missing mountaineer found dead in the Andes
He was found during the night the lifeless body of Tomas Franchinithe 35-year-old mountaineer from Madonna di Campiglio (Trento) who passed away on the morning of Sunday 2 June in the Cordillera Blanca of the Andes, in northern Peru.
Franchini was intent on climbing Mount Cashan, a 5,716 meter peak in the Huaraz area, the cornice of snow and rock on which the 35-year-old was proceeding broke away, causing the man to fall into the void.
The post by Silvestro Franchini, brother of Tomas, the mountaineer who disappeared in the Andes and was found dead
According to the story of Cristobal Señoret Zobeck, the Chilean climbing partner of the Trentino mountain guide, the ground under Franchini’s feet it would suddenly open. After the searches, the body was found, as confirmed by his brother, Silvestro Franchini.
Brother’s pain
“You went to keep our friend Franz company who told us ‘you are made to climb together and just the two of you’. United we were invincible but we separated, we never liked easy things.” Thus begins the post, published on social media, by Silvestro Franchini, Tomas’ brother.
“Now I cry and feel empty, I want to touch you, I will never be able to do it again, I can’t breathe – the brother then continued, He is also a mountain guide – The rescuers had a hard time finding you because they were looking at the ground, you have to look up in the sky, he is now the skinny ciablina who flies, you have to look there, you must not look down”.
“You lived a short time but you left your mark. In the mountains you were the best of all, by a margin” then concluded Silvestro, who also wanted to leave a thought for the Guias de montana de Peru recovery team and for his brother’s climbing partner: “Thank you Cristobal Señoret Zobeck, you suffered more than anyone”.
Who was Tomas Franchini
Tomas Franchini, born on March 9, 1989, was a mountaineer, mountain guide and ski instructor. In his short climbing career, Franchini has achieved several peaks in both Europe and South America.
Precisely on the Latin continent, in 2018, Tomas climbed the Andes on a roped team, together with his brother Silvestrocompleting the “Los Picos 6500” project, i.e. the concatenation of the highest peaks of the South American mountain range.
Franchini had also climbed the Chinese Himalayas, on the still unclimbed western slope of Mount Edgar, becoming also Piolet d’Or finalist, the most important world mountaineering recognition. He had also published a book, in 202, entitled “Virgin lines among the mountains of the world”.
Photo source: ANSA
