World Champion Skier Falls to Her Death While Climbing Mont Blanc, France

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Adèle Milloz, 26. Credit: AP

A skiing world champion and her female climbing companion fell to their deaths on Mont Blanc in the French Alps. Another climbing group discovered their roped-together bodies around 6.15 pm.

Adèle Milloz, 26, and her friend died while traversing from Aiguille de Peigne (10,4723ft) to nearby peak Aiguille du Midi (12,605ft), mountain guides confirmed.

How they fell to their deaths on the mountain is unclear. 

Milloz, who grew up in Tignes, France, won gold in individual and team sprint ski mountaineering at the Winter Military World Games in Sochi five years ago.

She retired from skiing in 2019 and was training to become a professional mountain guide.

The deaths have been ruled an accident, with police investigating the exact circumstances of the tragic fall. Climbers have recently been advised to postpone trips onto the Alps as record dry conditions made dangerous rockfalls more likely.

Mont Blanc Massiff, Alps. Credit: summitpost.org

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