Encuentran el cuerpo de Thierry Renault, uno de los grandes alpinistas franceses de los años 80 y 90
El guía de alta montaña, de 68 años, habría fallecido cuando la cuerda de la que colgaba mientras equipaba una vía de escalada quedó seccionada por un saliente de roca
On September 6th, a group of climbers discovered an unidentified deceased body at the base of one of the many routes leading up to the Brévent cliff, a dreamy viewpoint over Chamonix, France. The gendarmerie concluded that the body had been there the night before, identifying it as 68-year-old Thierry Renault, one of France's prominent alpinists in the 1980s and 1990s and a respected guide.
Renault's death bears a striking resemblance to that of Belgian climber Claude Barbier, known as the 'crazy of the Dolomites', who passed away on May 27th, 1977, in the Paradou cliff in the Namur province. The circumstances of Barbier's demise remain unresolved: was it an accident, suicide, or murder? As for Renault, until France's mountain police releases the final outcome of their investigation, the most probable cause of his death has already been speculated upon: the French guide was working on creating a new route in the southern sector when a cord he was holding became snagged on a rock edge.
Interestingly, Claude Barbier had also been engaged in cleaning and opening a new route when his companion stumbled upon his body at the base of the cliff, partially entwined in the scale he was using to perform the task.
However, unlike Barbier, Renault's anchor for the scale - which he had to secure from the top of the rocky wall - has not been found.
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