Paris, June 18, (dpa/GNA) – Two mountain climbers and a BASE jumper, died in separate accidents in the French Alps near the south-eastern town of Grenoble at the weekend.
Two men in their 30s fell to their deaths during a climb near the Dôme de Neige des Écrins mountain, a spokesman for the local authorities said on Sunday.
Another hiker found their bodies Saturday morning in a small valley.
A little further west, a BASE jumper died on Saturday. It was reported the man, also in his 30s, hit a rock after a failed jump.
BASE jumping refers to the extreme sport of jumping off elevated fixed objects, with the word an acronym for buildings, antenna, spans and earth.
A popular form consists of jumping with a wingsuit, rather than a parachute, which extends as the wearer jumps and allows them to fly away from the jumping-off point and land on the ground.
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