Climber finds six bodies

AN ENGLISH climber yesterday found the bodies of six mountaineers in the French Alps who appeared to have died after a fall caused by an avalanche of snow and stones.

The bodies found on Neige Cordier summit at 2,700 metres were taken by helicopter to the nearby village of Villar d’Arene, village mayor Xavier Cret told AFP.

“The victims were climbing roped together in two groups. It looks like there was a slide of snow and stones mixed together,” he said, adding that it appeared that they had died on Saturday after a fall of 200 metres.