Canada: Three of the world's best mountaineers are dead

Austrian climbers David Lama, Hansjörg Auer and American Jess Roskelly are missing in Canada and were probably killed by an avalanche in the Canadian Rockies during their ascent of Howse Peak.

The public body responsible for Banff National Park, Parks Canada, where Howse Peak is located, informed EFE that "after the badessment of the situation, it is presumed that the three members of the group are died ".

According to the agency, Wednesday, after receiving news of the three mountaineers, considered among the best in the world and who intended to attack the face of Howse Peak East, his staff flew over the area and discovered signs of "multiple avalanches and remains of climbing equipment".

"Parks Canada extends its sincere condolences to the families, friends and loved ones of the three mountaineers," the statement added.

Canadian authorities can not recover the remains "due to new avalanches and hazardous conditions in the region" due to high winds and precipitation that increases the risk of new avalanches.

The fact. Local media announced Thursday morning the disappearance of the three mountaineers after an avalanche on Howse Peak, a 3,395-meter mountain considered one of the most difficult in the Canadian Rockies.

The road used by the three mountaineers to attack Howse Peak was only opened in 1999 because of its difficulty.

The case of Roskelley

The American newspaper "The Spokesman Review" noted that Roskelley, 36, had told his father, Mountaineer John Roskelley, that he would contact him Tuesday, but that the communication had not happened. produced.

John Roskelley contacted Canadian authorities flying over the area by helicopter and reported signs of avalanche and at least one partially buried body.

Roskelley told the newspaper that her son and the Austrian alpinists Lama, 35, and Auer, 28, "are dead, they are not missing."