Overview

• An unnamed Greek mountaineer in his thirties fell several hundred meters in the Goûter corridor on Monday and was found dead later that morning by PGHM rescuers.
• The victim was descending alone and without a rope under high-altitude conditions when he lost his footing.
• Chamonix’s mountain rescue service says exhaustion combined with a large backpack and a technical lapse likely triggered the fatal plunge.
• The Goûter corridor beneath the Refuge du Goûter at about 3,835 meters is notorious for daily rockfalls and has claimed over a hundred lives.
• Rescuers continue to warn climbers to travel roped in teams and minimize pack weight to reduce accident risk.