Alps
Former Marine killed in French alps climbing tragedy had recently become engaged
A FORMER Royal Marine who had recently become engaged has been killed in a climbing accident in the French Alps. Ex-Servicman Duncan Potts died on Wednesday as he climbed the Dent du Geant mountain in the Mont Blanc range near Chamonix. He left the Royal Marines last month and recently became engaged to equine vet April Lawson,...
French Foreign Legionnaires killed in Alps avalanche
Five French Foreign Legionnaires have been killed and six injured in an avalanche while on a training exercise in the Alps, officials say. The avalanche came down close to Valfrejus, not far from the Italian border, where some 50 soldiers were training off-piste. Search dogs and helicopters immediately began looking for the...
French Alps avalanche kills seven climbers
Seven climbers were swept to their deaths in an avalanche in the French Alps. Police have said the avalanche occurred in the Massif des Ecrins, south-east of Grenoble, at around midday today. People reported seeing a roped party of eight people caught in the avalanche. Five of them are understood to be German, and three are...