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Mountaineer dies on the couloir du Gouter, Mont Blanc

Fatal fall for 50 year old Korean on Gouter couloir

featured in News & Reviews Author Robin Deering, Chamonix Editor Updated

A mountaineer from South Korea suffered a fatal fall between the Gouter refuge and the Tête Rousse refuge on Wednesday.

Earlier on Wednesday the PGHM were called out to rescue a group of four climbers on the Walker route of the Grandes Jorasses, who were caught in a rock fall.