Mont Blanc avalanche kills nine climbers
1,161 views · Published 13 August 2012 · 0:33 · Indexed 14 November 2026
Channel: News Direct · 2012 · News & Politics
Nine climbers were killed and more than a dozen injured on Thursday after an avalanche swept away 28 climbers near the summit of Mont Blanc in the French Alps. Reports said the avalanche occurred when a climber disturbed an ice sheet, sending a massive sheet of ice and snow down the north face of Mont Maudit. Two climbers were still unaccounted for by nightfall.
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