INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Four climbers including an Italian man and two French women died in the French Alps on SundayGrenoble, France: Four climbers including an
Italian man and two French women died in the French Alps on Sunday in three separate accidents, the local prosecutor's office said.A
40-year-old Italian climber from Milan died in a fall after reaching a height of 3,000 metres (9,840 feet) in the Coolidge Couloir which
leads to Mount Pelvoux, a mountain in the Massif des Ecrins.Emergency services attempted to revive him but he was pronounced dead.Two French
women aged 48 and 54 were killed as they climbed with a mountain guide towards Breche de la Meije, a high mountain pass also in the Massif
des Ecrins in southeast France."The man was roped with the two women and was in the lead
When he tried to secure himself on a block of rock, it broke off," the Gap prosecutor's office said in a statement.The 32-year-old guide
survived but was injured and taken to hospital in Grenoble.In another incident on Mont Blanc, one climber perished, although there were no
further details on the accident.
