Turin Alpinist Dies on Mont Blanc: It Fell for 700 Meters

A Piedmontese ski mountaineer died yesterday morning falling down from Mont Blanc. The 42-year-old Davide Mazzina slipped for about 700 meters from the north side of the Aiguille du Midi (French part) while he was on a trip with two companions. They were the ones to give the alarm about the accident, perhaps due to a technical problem at 8.30 a.m. after they had faced the first slopes. The fall, which led the man to overcome even a seracus, was …

The man, 31-year-old from Turin, had left Aiguille du Midi to practice extreme skiing with two companions. The fall for a technical error.

TURIN – The man who was the victim of an accident on Mont Blanc was called Davide Mazzina, a 31-year-old from Val di Susa and an expert athlete. The accident occurred yesterday morning in the Chamonix area, along the Mallory-Porter route, under the Aiguille du Midi. Mazzina, who was with two friends, fell about 700 meters. Rescuers from the Peloton de Gendarmerie de Haute Montagne (Pghm) intervened on the scene. Unfortunately, however, there was…