British hiker falls 160ft to his dying on Mont Blanc: Man in his fifties dies whereas on ‘tough monitor’ close to glacier
- Brit in his 50s was close to mountain’s Bionnassay glacier and Eagle’s Nest outpost
A British man in his 50s died in a fall Sunday whereas mountain climbing close to the foot of France‘s tallest mountain Mont Blanc, police within the Chamonix area mentioned Monday.
The hiker was taking a tough monitor close to the Bionnassay glacier, the smallest on the French facet of the Mont-Blanc massif, at a spot often called Nid d’Aigle (Eagle’s Nest).
He fell round 160 ft (50 metres) and was killed immediately, emergency responders mentioned.
His id has not but been revealed.Â
Mont Blanc is western Europe’s highest mountain at 15,771ft and attracts 20,000 hikers and skiers yearly.
A British man in his 50s died in a fall Sunday whereas mountain climbing close to the foot of France’s tallest mountain Mont Blanc (pictured)
However the mountain’s reputation poses a rising safety and environmental problem, native officers have warned.
Melting snow is believed to set off avalanches and hotter temperatures in recent times have melted the bottom ice and made the most well-liked routes extra weak to rock falls.
Final August, authorities closed down two widespread mountain shelters utilized by Mont Blanc climbers due to probably lethal drought-related rockfalls.
Jean-Marc Peillex, a neighborhood mayor, mentioned on the time that circumstances had been so harmful that climbers ought to pay a £12,640 deposit to cowl rescue prices.
