Italian Alpinist dies on Cerro Torre cought in an avalanche

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Italian Alpinist dies on Cerro Torre cought in an avalanche

by climbxclimb » Wed Jan 06, 2010 3:20 pm

Fabio Giacomelli died on Cerro Torre killed by an avalnche while climbing with rope mate Elio Orlandi (He survived).
To add to the tragedy the two were climbing Cerro Torre to bring to the summit the ashes of the famous alpinist Cesarino Fava who died last year.

here is the news in the italian newspaper:
http://trentinocorrierealpi.gelocal.it/dettaglio/tragedia-in-patagonia-valanga-sul-cerro-torre-travolge-un-alpinista-trentino/1821738

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Italian alpinist dies on Cerro Torre

by Cy Kaicener » Thu Jan 07, 2010 1:10 pm

Here are more details of the tragic news in English :(
http://planetmountain.com/english/News/ ... eyid=37169

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by Mathias Zehring » Tue Jan 12, 2010 1:29 am

very moving story, indeed...

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Re: Italian alpinist dies on Cerro Torre

by Diego Sahagún » Sat Jan 16, 2010 11:03 am

Cy Kaicener wrote:Here are more details of the tragic news in English :(
http://planetmountain.com/english/News/ ... eyid=37169

Alpinist: http://www.alpinist.com/doc/web10w/news ... +Newswires) :(


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