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Google translation from Italian website:

An ice climber died in Valle d'Aosta after being overwhelmed by a mass of ice as he climbed a waterfall in Lillaz, in the municipality of Cogne, Val d'Aosta. The teams  The mountain rescue service in the Aosta Valley intervened with a helicopter to recover the climber and try to revive him. His condition, which immediately appeared very serious, however, precipitated and the intervention proved useless: the man died for the very serious injuries suffered. The incident happened this morning on the Artistic Skating waterfall, where the man was overwhelmed by an imposing portion of ice detached from above.

http://torino.repubblica.it/cronaca/2018/02/21/news/cogne_ghiacciatore_trav...

Not Cascata di Lillaz then, but Patinnagio Artistico. Not that it makes much difference to the poor bloke.

I read the whole article. This was a very experienced and able guy with first ascents and well travelled climbing in the Patagonias. Very sad and as we come to the end of the season and Europe starts to warm after a cold winter. Extra vigilance needed .

I wasn't sure whether to post this it's a video clip of the rescue services. You can see all too clearly where the icefall broke off.

https://www.facebook.com/AostaNews24new/videos/1652117291549818/

Interesting how it’s the central section of the pillar that’s gone. Someone on that Fb page suggesting there are frequent fatalities in the same spot. Hopefully a little exaggerated? I backed off the second pitch a couple of years ago not liking how wet everything was. Didn’t even get to the pillar. Plenty of parties carring on past us though. 

Truly sombre .

very sad to hear this, have been climbing here the past three years..it gets busy there. Thoughts to him and his family