A mountaineer from Vicenza he died this morning, Monday 17 June, on the Gran Paradiso.
The fall and the alarm
The climber, whose details have not yet been disclosed, at 9 this morning athad reached the summit of Gran Paradisoat an altitude of 4,061 metres: at that moment the fall, a flight of over 300 meters, witnessed by a group of climbers roped in the area. It was the latter who called for help, activating the Aosta Valley Alpine Rescue Service which sent a helicopter: for the climber it was already too late.
What happened
The man was on the Gran Paradiso with a climbing partner: together they had spent the night at Chabod refuge. Having left and arrived at the top of the North Face, to go towards the summit the two had to descend for a short distance: precisely in this phase, where one normally rappels with double ropes, the accident occurred. Two hypotheses: the breaking of an anchor or that the victim, in some way, slipped off the ropes themselves. The body, recovered, was taken to Courmayeur cemeteryin the mortuary awaiting the arrival of the victim’s family.
