According to the newspaper Primorski dnevnik, the tragic accident happened at a height of 2,350 meters above sea level, in a section of the mountain called »the tunnel«. A man and a woman were involved in the accident. They started their ascent near the Corsi hut.

The alarm was triggered by the Thorl Maglern international rescue centre, which immediately notified Italy's mountain rescuers from Cave del Predil, writes the Slovene daily.

According to our sources the male victim was an experienced climber from the Bovec area. Unofficially the pair was climbing as a rope team and went out to start their hike on Saturday.

T. H.; translated by K. J.