A British climber has been involved in a tragic Mont Blanc epic in
the course of which his climbing partner died.
ITV News is reporting that Edward Allen, 49, from Fairford,
Gloucestershire, was attempting western Europe's highest peak with
his German climbing partner when they were caught out in a ferocious
storm forcing them to dig a snowhole to survive.
High winds made it impossible for helicopter rescuers to to reach
them and they spent three nights sheltering in temperatures as low as
minus 20. Tragically Allen's climbing partner apparently succumbed to
hypothermia a day before rescuers reached the pair.
Full
story at www.itv.com/news/ also at the BBC news web site.
