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Avalanche catches 8 climbers One dead and four injured on Monte Rosa
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A group of eight mountaineers were caught in an avalanche on the Italian side of the Castor in the Monte Rosa massif between Italy and Switzerland on Monday. One climber was killed and another four were injured and taken to hospital, according to media reports.
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- A group of eight mountaineers have died in an accident on the Italian side of the Castor in the Monte Rosa massif between Italy and Switzerland.
- The group was caught in an avalanche.
- One climber was killed and another four were injured and taken to hospital.
The Alpine rescue service was unable to use helicopters due to the bad weather and reached the group on foot. Monte Rosa is an extensive mountain massif in the Valais Alps.
The Castor, at 4223 meters above sea level, lies one kilometer south-east of the slightly smaller Pollux and together they form the border between Switzerland and Italy. The main peak of the Monte Rosa massif is the Dufourspitze, at 4634 meters the highest mountain in Switzerland.
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