MONT BLANC: Dangerous operation to rescue four foreign skiers

A dangerous rescue operation in the night between Wednesday and Thursday has allowed the PGHM Chamonix to recover unharmed a Czech skier, two Scots and an Australian woman trapped for several hours on a rocky ridge in the Mont-Blanc area. After taking a route off-piste quite technique in bad weather day, the Czech skier, aged 26, became stuck on a ledge surrounded by slabs of rock at 1,900 meters altitude. He managed to call a friend who alerted rescuers Thursday at around 16H00 When the PGHM were looking for the victim, they have found by luck a group of three skiers, two Scots and an Australian, aged between 26 and 27 years, stuck on the same rocky ridge, not far from the location of the Czech. 10 persons of the PGHM were involved in the rescue. The group of three skiers was finally evacuated at around 4:00 am and the Czech skier shortly afterward. All were unharmed and did not suffer from frostbite or hypothermia CHAMONIX: a dead body found Thursday morning, around 8:35, the passengers Mont-Blanc Express between stations of the Moussoux and Aiguille du Midi, had the surprise to see 10 meters away from the train track the lifeless body of a man. The police were immediately alerted. The men was a Canadian citizen. Aged 47 years, this man lived alone since October in the Valley. No report was then received at the police station. The autopsy confirms that he suffered from epilepsy and that he died as a result of his illness when he was walking in Chamonix, in this cold and snow weather. Le Dauphiné