Mountaineer dies on the Gran Paradiso in Valle d’Aosta, falling 300 metres: the accident in front of his friend

Accident on Gran Paradiso. A mountaineer fell while attempting a climb with a climbing partner Val d’Aostafalling for 300 meters and dying instantly. The intervention of the mountain rescue team was useless.

The mountaineer’s fall on Gran Paradiso

On the morning of June 17th a mountaineer originally from the province of Vicenza he died falling over 300 meters from a wall on the Gran Paradisoin the Alps of the Aosta Valley.

The victim had spent the night at the shelter Chabod, near the northern part of the mountain, before setting off again to attempt the climb at first light in the morning together with a friend who accompanied him.

Gran Paradiso, where the accident occurred

The tragedy was immediately noticed by another group of climbers who were crossing the area. The members of the roped they then called for help which immediately left from Cpurmayeur.

The climb attempted by the mountaineer

According to what appears from the first information circulated after the death of the mountaineer who crashed on the Gran Paradiso, lThe man was attempting to climb the north face of the mountain after leaving with a friend from the Chabod refuge, where he had spent the night.

Before continuing towards the summit, the path requires a descent along a part of rock which is normally done with a double rope to have greater safety against falls.

It would have been during this passage that something would have gone wrong and the climber would have fallen for approximately 300 meters. A fall that left him with no chance of surviving despite the prompt intervention of the Courmayeur mountain rescue team.

The intervention of the mountain rescue

Immediately after the first emergency calls to rescue the mountaineer who fell during a climb on the north face of the Great Paradise, a Valle d’Aosta mountain rescue helicopter took off and went to the scene.

Based on the indications of witnesses, the rescue team identified the point along the northern face of the mountain where the climber was attempting the climb together with a friend.

The flight of 300 meters However, he left him no escape and the rescuers could do nothing but recover his lifeless body and bring him back to the valley.