Weekend in Valais: climbers killed in 2 accidents, driver injured in 3rd...
GenevaLunch News Update 19:50 SION, SWITZERLAND – A French climber died early Sunday 3 July when he and another climber, also French, were surprised by a rock fall. A 23-year-old Valais man died three...
View ArticleLethal week in mountains as 5 climbers die Friday
GenevaLunch News 13 mountain deaths this year, 8 of them in July GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – The Swiss Alps are taking a heavy toll on climbers this year, with 13 deaths to date, 8 of them in July alone. But...
View Article2 more die on Swiss mountains: Val d’Herens climbers
GenevaLunch News GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Two climbers, whose bodies have not yet been identified, died while climbing the dent d’Hérens in canton Valais Wednesday 24 August, bringing to six the number of...
View ArticleTwo Zermatt climbing victims identified
GenevaLunch News GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Two climbers who fell to their deaths 24 August near Zermatt have been identified, say canton Valais police: a 48-year-old woman and 52-year-old man, both...
View ArticleThree die, one critical in Matterhorn, Gr Combin, Jungfraujoch accidents...
GenevaLunch News Matterhorn victims identified GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – The weekend of 15-16 October was a deadly one in the Swiss Alps, with three people dead and one in critical condition following...
View ArticleClimber dies on Matterhorn north face Wednesday
GenevaLunch News GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – A climber who was not roped to his two companions slipped and fell several hundred metres to his death Wednesday 19 October on the north face of the Matterhorn....
View ArticleWeekend ski and winter sports report: 23-25 March
GenevaLunch News GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – This is our last official report for the season, with flowers coming out and trees budding on the Swiss plains. It doesn’t mean, of course, that you have to stop...
View ArticleFive climbers die at Lagginhorn (update)
GenevaLunch News View Larger Map GENEVA / SION, SWITZERLAND – Five foreigners, whose nationality has not yet been released, died Tuesday 3 July at 13:00 while coming down from the Lagginhorn in canton...
View ArticleClimber dies near Zermatt
GenevaLunch News Cyclist in critical condition after Torrent fall Police stop wrong-way autoroute driver GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – A 44-year-old Danish climber died Wednesday while on the Rimpfischhorn...
View ArticleThree lose lives in separate Valais avalanches over weekend
GenevaLunch News GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Two climbers died Saturday 14 April and one Sunday in three separate accidents involving avalanches this weekend, in canton Valais. A Swiss man, age 47, died...
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