Two Mountaineers Kill Themselves in the Écrins Massif in the Hautes-Alpes, an Open Investigation
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Two climbers, a firefighter from Paris and a soldier, lost their lives on the rise of the Sirac in the Hautes-Alpes. An investigation is under way to determine the causes of their fall Two

An investigation is under way into the causes of death, announced the prosecutor of the Republic of Gap who mentioned a probable fall.
On Monday, two mountaineers were found dead in the Hautes-Alpes. The two men, a firefighter and a soldier, had left on Sunday morning to climb the summit of the Sirac. An alert was set off against their absence in the evening. - Hautes-Alpes: 2 mountaineers found dead in the massif des Écrins (Police, justice and various facts).
The bodies of the two victims who have been missing since Sunday were found on Monday. They are a firefighter from Paris and a soldier.
Rescue equipment and emergency vehicles illustrate mountain rescue operations (Symbolic image - AI-generated) Upday Stock Images Two emergency services professionals were killed during a climb in the Écrins massif, in the Hautes-Alpes region. The victims, an army soldier and a Paris firefighter, were part of a rope team on this tragic expedition aiming to reach the summit of Sirac. The two experienced climbers had set out early Sunday morning to…


They had left early Sunday morning to climb the summit of Sirac and the alert was given in the evening while they had not returned, explained Marion Lozac'hmeur, confirming information from the regional daily Le Dauphiné Libéré.
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