The French Adèle Milloz, 26, world champion in mountain skiing, was found dead on Friday, August 12 at the end of the day while working as a mountain guide. Her client, a 30-year-old woman, was found next to her.
Adèle Milloz, a promising figure in mountain skiing, died this Friday during the ascent of the Aiguille du Peigne (3.192 m) in el macizo del Mont-Blanc. She was guiding a client in her thirties, also found dead alongside her.
This ascent did not present major difficulties for a person accustomed to the mountain like Milloz. The emergency services specified that the accident was not related to a rockfall or a landslide. The gendarmes of the Chamonix High Mountain Gendarmerie Platoon (PGHM) have opened an investigation.
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An experienced mountaineer
The 26-year-old was crowned with several world, European and national titles in ski mountaineering. She also particularly liked paragliding. At the age of six, he started cross-country skiing. thanks to his father, a mountain guide and his mother, a ski instructor.
Her career began in 2011 when Thierry Galindo, the current coach of the French ski mountaineering team, spotted her in Tignes. But it was in March 2012 that she won her first silver medal at the European Championships.
He was preparing to obtain the title of High Mountain Guide at the end of the summer
He had joined the ranks of the PGHM as volunteer gendarme in 2015 when he was not yet 20 years old. She was then able to participate in the Military World Games in Sochi in 2017, where he won two gold medals.
In 2018, Adèle Milloz had scaled the snowy slopes of Etna and won her senior European title. Subsequently, he had put his sports and police careers on hold to get his guiding diploma.
I had to take the final exam at the end of the summer, becoming the youngest high mountain guide in France. She has been committed to promoting the mountain among women for several years, in particular, supervising 100% female courses.
