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NEWS: Eight feared dead in Mont Blanc avalanche

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 Michael Ryan 25 Aug 2008
Hope was fading fast last night for eight mountaineers missing near Mont Blanc after a powerful avalanche caused one of the deadliest accidents to hit the French Alps in decades.

More than 15 hours after a large chunk of ice broke off from the mountain and prompted the pre-dawn avalanche, five Aust...

Read more at http://www.ukclimbing.com/news/older.html?month=08&year=2008#n45277

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