Erhard Loretan has been killed in a fall, guiding in the Swiss Alps on Thursday.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/ap ... retan-dies
The fastest of the fast-and-light. Everest in 38 hrs, new route on Nameless Trango, all 14 x 8000ers, Antarctic new routes, Alpine enchainments ....
Vale, Erhard.