Overview

• The pair—a 55-year-old man from Cengio (Savona) and a female climber—went missing after setting out on June 9 to ascend the Coolidge channel overnight.
• Family members raised the alarm around 22:00 on June 10 when the alpinists failed to return and lost radio contact.
• Search teams including Soccorso Alpino e Speleologico Piemontese and the Regional Elisoccorso service combed bivouacs and the northern face by ground and air.
• An aerial survey conducted on June 11 spotted the bodies in the Coolidge channel, where they are believed to have fallen during the ascent.
• Fire brigade helicopters carried out the recovery following magistrate instructions and flew the bodies to Saluzzo hospital’s mortuary.