An 18-year-old high school student died after falling into a crevasse into the Alps hiking above Britannia Hut (pictured below).
The boy was hiking with his father and sister when he suddenly fell into a deep crevasse. The family members were not tied together. His father’s cell phone had no service so he rushed to the hut to call mountain rescue.
It took him an hour to reach the hut and by the time mountain rescue arrived, the boy died of hypothermia. The accident occurred at about 3,180 meters, about 1,000 meters above the hut.
Not sure what the norm is about being tied on this trek, but after some of the recent accidents (especially the four family members who dominoed to their deaths on Blanc), I can’t blame them for not tying together.
If you can read German, find the story here.
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