7 climbers fall to their deaths in the Alps

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 Seven lives were affected today in the Alps, the most extensive mountain range in Europe. The climbers were not all together, the accidents happened in two different parts of the Alps. In the Austrian Alps, 5 of the climbers, who are said to be German citizens, fell into a glacier near the town of Krimml. Approximately 300 meters as Dr. Egbert Ritter, a trauma surgeon at the AUVA hospital in Salzburg stated. 
On the other side, in Italy we have a man and a woman who were climbing the Andamello glacier connected by three ropes in a group of 9 italians from the city of Brescia. The problem happened when some integrant slipped, which dragged down others higher up the slope. Apart from the man an the woman who did not survive, two climbers more were seriously injured. 
I think we have to be extremely careful with this type of activities. Seven is a huge number of deaths in one day because of climbing the Alps. Even though you may have guides and a good equipment you are still in risk of having and accident, that you may not survive in it. 
¿Would you expose yourself to that kind of activities, where the risk is to high?   


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  1. UnknownAugust 27, 2017 at 3:42 PM

    Nice Cata...it seems nobody will have the chance to comment...too late :o(

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  2. UnknownAugust 27, 2017 at 5:36 PM

    Actually exposing yourself to that risk is the fun part of doing adrenaline sports and thats why people do it.
    I would expose myself to those risk because that is how you keep challenging yourself and make your life more exiting and different.

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