Italian mountain guide dies falling off church steeple
Monday, May 3rd, 2010
28 April, 2010: Marco Da Pozzo, UIAGM/IFMGA guide was killed after falling from the church steeple in the chic ski resort of Cortina D’Ampezzo in the Dolomite’s during a routine maintenance operation – changing light-bulbs.
In April also, was the tragic 20 metre fall that killed UIAGM / IFMGA guide Thierry Lokteff on the 13th April, 2010, who whilst showing two clients crevasse rescue had the snow-bridge into which he was apparently, digging – collapse. The clients, survived. http://www.chamonix.net/english/news/2009-04-13.html
Finally, the President of the UIAGM/IFMGA, also died in 2010 when crossing a “wet glacier” un roped, he fell into a deep crevasse.
Category : Accidents
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