Mountaineer dies on the Matterhorn in southern Switzerland
In the last two weeks, four climbers have died on the symbolic summit.
Keystone-SDA
A mountain climber died on Thursday when he and a partner fell while descending the Matterhorn near Zermatt in southern Switzerland. The other climber suffered minor injuries.
+Receive the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox
The two men descended from the Matterhorn via the Hörnligrat on Thursday around midday, the Valais cantonal police announced on Friday. They fell at an altitude of around 4,100 metres for unknown reasons, they said.
+ Another mountaineer dies on the Matterhorn in southern Switzerland
+ Two mountaineers die after 1,000-meter fall from the Matterhorn
+ Read more: The legacy of the MatterhornExternal link
Other people had witnessed the accident and immediately alerted the Valais rescue service. On site, the emergency services could only confirm the death of one mountaineer.
He had fallen about 70 meters over the east face of the mountain. The second climber suffered minor injuries and was flown by helicopter to the valley hospital in Visp.
Translated from German by DeepL/sb
This news article has been written and carefully fact-checked by an external editorial team. At SWI swissinfo.ch, we select the most relevant news for an international audience and use automatic translation tools such as DeepL to translate it into English. By providing you with automatically translated news, we have time to write more in-depth articles.
To find out more about how we work, click here, to find out more about our use of technology, click here, and if you have any feedback on this news, please write to [email protected].
