‘Within five minutes everything changed’: town mourns victims of glacier tragedy

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The Guardian newspaper: International | guardian.co.uk

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05/07/2022 15:16

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‘Within five minutes everything changed’: town mourns victims of glacier tragedy

 

05/07/2022 15:16 // The Guardian newspaper: International | guardian.co.uk

Locals were closely aware of rapidly changing glacier but never anticipated catastrophe of this kind

A Sunday climb on the Marmolada, the largest glacier in the northern Italian Dolomites, was only intended to be a warm-up for Filippo Bari and his friends before an even bigger challenge this weekend.

Such was the 27-year-old mountain climber’s joy at being on the glacier that he sent a selfie to his brother. Hours later, the father-of-one from the Veneto town of Malo, was among the first victims identified after a huge mass of the glacier broke off, sending an avalanche of ice, rocks and debris thundering down the slope and onto a popular hiking trail.

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