Climber Erhard Loretan’s death “an accident”, district attorney closes case
GenevaLunch News SION, SWITZERLAND – The death of fabled climber Erhard Loretan, who died 28 April on his 52nd birthday while climbing the Gruenhorn in canton Valais, was an accident, and the cantonal...
View ArticleItalian climber dies on Galenstock in upper Goms Valley
GenevaLunch News SION, SWITZERLAND – A 42-year-old Italian man lost his life Saturday 25 June at 15:50 while climbing the Galenstock (3,370 metres) in the upper Goms (Conches) valley in canton Valais,...
View ArticleWeekend deaths: German motorcyclist, Swiss climber
GenevaLunch News GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Two people were killed this weekend in mountain accidents. A 68-year-old German motorcyclist was killed Sunday afternoon 14 August at the Maloja Pass in canton...
View ArticleDutch climber dies on Moench
GenevaLunch News BERN, SWITZERLAND – A 51-year-old Dutch climber died when he fell while coming down from the Moench to Lauterbrunnen, in canton Bern, Wednesday 31 August. He was climbing with a friend...
View ArticleClimber dies shortly after unroped on descent in Graubuenden
GenevaLunch News GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – A 55-year-old man from Solothurn died Saturday 10 September after climbing the Taeschhorn in canton Graubuenden, in the company of a guide. The small group of...
View ArticleClimber Loretan’s companion, who survived their fall, speaks up
GenevaLunch News BERN, SWITZERLAND – Erhard Loretan, Swiss climber of legendary stature, shocked the world with his death on his 52nd birthday in April 2011, in a fall climbing a mountain he knew well,...
View ArticleGerman climber dies near Saas Fee
GenevaLunch News GENEVA, SWITZERLAND - A 48-year-old German climber died after falling 20 metres into a crevasse while climbing the Allelinhorn near Saas Fee. He and his guide, also German, had left...
View ArticleHot weekend in Switzerland: protests, music, clubbing controls
GenevaLunch News Climber falls to death near Grindelwald GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – The first weekend of summer was a lively one in Switzerland. Geneva‘s streets and squares throbbed to the beats of the...
View ArticleSolo climber falls 800m to death on Matterhorn
GenevaLunch News GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – A climber who appears to have been alone on the Matterhorn, based on initial investigations, fell 800 metres to his death at 08:45 Tuesday 11 September, say...
View ArticleFrench bus conductor climbs US Embassy in Paris
GenevaLunch News GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – The ultra-secure US Embassy in Paris, at the Place de la Concorde, turned out to be a little less so Thursday, after a French bus conductor calling himself a...
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