Two skiers dead

scary

Damn that sucks. RIP

Assuming one of them had some kind of action cam filming so maybe we get a better idea how they actually fell.

Were they off-piste?

1spliff2guinniesWere they off-piste?

They were summiting a mountain. They weren’t skiing at the time.

PartyBullshiitThey were summiting a mountain. They weren’t skiing at the time.

Going up is often gnarlier than going down. You might not fully understand the conditions and if it's gnarly better back out then.

Here is the Italian article in English.
Squeezed in a hug, united by smiles and red jackets, in love and united by the love for the mountain. On the one hand Elisa Arlian, 26 years old from Quart, ski teacher in Saint-Barthélemy, primary school teacher. On the other hand, Jean Daniel Pession, 28 years old from Antagnod, blue of the national speed team and almost aspiring mountain driver. Together in life, they died after falling 700 meters from the top of Mount Zerbion.

It took hours and hours of overflight to locate them: there were no traces on the rock that suggested that they had fallen. Perhaps, as they proceeded in preserves along the ridge that divides the north and east walls, they slipped on the snow or the ground succumbed. They had left early in the morning to reach a summit they both knew. The family members, not seeing them return, called the single rescue center that immediately activated the helicopters. In three they gave themselves the change to find them, with the crews of the mountain rescue, the financial guard and the fire brigade. The yellow flame apparatus that detects the telephone signal has managed to hook their cells. When the technicians got off with the winch they found them still tied together.

Their bodies were taken to the Champoluc mortuary. The recognition operations are entrusted to the Guardia di Finanza of Breuil-Cervinia.

The entire Region is in pain for “the loss of its young children,” writes President Renzo Testolin. Condolences were also expressed by the Prime Minister Valle, Alberto Bertin: "Two young lives broken by an accident in the mountains, that mountain that was their passion. In this moment of deep sadness, we express our closeness to families, friends and the entire sports community, clinging to them with affection and compassion." “A terrible tragedy hits the world of winter sports,” says President Flavio Roda.

"Hello guys" the champion Simone Origone greets them. On social media the posts of condolence of ski masters and mountain guides. "At another 100 years like this" he had posted some time ago as a dedication to his girlfriend. A message of love, life and hope that will unite them forever.

super sad. it is cruel irony that the system of being connected can often lead to lives being saved but in some cases to additional loss of life. not sure if that's the case here but certainly could be.