Two climbers and their leader was after a fall of 800 meters was found dead Sunday Mont Blanc, said on Monday Prefecture and Gendarmerie, confirming a report in the Dauphine Libere.
Bring to 20 the number of dead and missing in the new drama from the beginning of the summer mountain Mont Blanc, killed after the accident, the five internal UCPA and last Tuesday charged leader.
Three dead climbers Sunday, a leader and two of the Parisian Haute-Savoie found until Saturday, August 16 afternoon, according to police patrol Mountain (PGHM) in Chamonix.
Helicopter reconnaissance flights per week, which were revealed the three victims at the foot of the north face of the Aiguille du Midi (3842 m) instead.
"Probably screw the edge joining you borrow Cosmiques must" PGHM said in a message to the press. "Falling over 800 meters they had no chance. Was August 15, at the end of the evening," the source said.
The three victims were crossing the Vallée Blanche Cosmiques night (3,613 m).
"The investigation is ongoing to determine the cause of the fall. Perhaps the snow was to prevent the cornice customers to tie under the feet of the rope" PGHM.
On Tuesday, four men and one woman, aged 27-45 years old France, who participated in the "refresher course" for two weeks from the UCPA (Union National Sports Center outdoor) organized, accompanied by guide 42, died in the Mont Blanc, a drop of 250 meters. Their bodies were the second day.
Download Aiguille d'Argentiere at (3,901 m), the band Glacier du Milieu unscrewed way back.
That was in the 10 years of the French Alps one of the hardest mountain accident occurred.
In August 2008, eight climbers (three Swiss, one Austrian and four German leadership), who also died in the avalanche after falling seracs (ice block) Mont Blanc du Tacul on the access road to Mont Blanc.
In July 2012, nine climbers from Switzerland, Germany, Great Britain and Spain were killed by an avalanche on Mont Maudit, Mont Blanc.
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