World News | Four Italian, South Korean Climbers Found Dead Close to Mont Blanc's Summit
Get latest articles and stories on World at LatestLY. French rescue officials said on Tuesday they found the bodies of two Italian and two South Korean climbers close to the peak of Mont Blanc on the French side after they went missing on Saturday in bad weather.
Paris, Sep 10 (AP) French rescue officials said on Tuesday they found the bodies of two Italian and two South Korean climbers close to the peak of Mont Blanc on the French side after they went missing on Saturday in bad weather.
The Chamonix-Mont Blanc search and rescue team found the two pairs of climbers at an altitude of 4,700 metres (over 15,400 feet) on the Alps' highest peak. They died of hypothermia, rescue officials said.
The unaccompanied climbers had alerted rescuers on Saturday afternoon, but weather conditions continued to deteriorate, preventing rescuers from reaching their location from the ground or by helicopter.
Two other Korean climbers were successfully rescued on Sunday morning at an altitude of 4,100 metres (over 13,400 feet) after rescuers deployed a highly complex operation.
French authorities have opened an investigation. (AP)
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