The Peloton de la gendarmerie d'haute
montagne of Chamonix on Tuesday found the bodies of two Italian
mountaineers who were reported missing on the Italian side of
the Mont Blanc amid
violent storms on Saturday.
The victims are Andrea Galimberti, 53, from Como, and Sara
Stefanelli, 41, from Genoa.
The bodies were located at an altitude of over 4,500 metres in
the area of "Mur de la Cote" that leads to the top of Mont Blanc
on the French side and taken to Chamonix.
The Italian climbers were last reported to be stranded near the
summit due to the extreme weather at an altitude of 4,500
metres.
As part of the search operation carried out by the Peloton de la
gendarmerie d'haute montagne from Chamonix, French media
reported that the bodies of two South Korean climbers were also
recovered on Tuesday.
The South Korean mountaineers had also been missing since last
Saturday.
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