LYON: A mountain climber was found dead on Mont Blanc Friday, police said, a day after three other people lost their lives on Europe’s highest peak. The climber, who was with a companion, was killed in a rock fall that occurred around 9:00 am (0800 GMT) near the Giant’s Tooth — a spectacular precipice that rises to over 4,000 metres (13,130 feet), police in the Chamonix region said.

According to local news reports, the dead climber owned a mountaineering equipment company based in a town near Chamonix.—AFP