He fell, for about fifty meters along a steep descent, between rocks and ice at 2700 meters, along the Bissolati canal of the Gran Sasso d'Italia. This is how Fabio Racanella, a 51-year-old mountaineer instructor from Orvieto, who was descending from Corno Grande, died. He probably lost control of his skis.
To raise the alarm some skiers who witnessed the accident. The technicians of the Abruzzo Alpine and Speleological Rescue and a doctor reached the area of the accident. The body was transferred to the morgue of the Mazzini hospital in Teramo. The incident is investigated by the carabinieri of Teramo on the disposition of the deputy prosecutor who has opened a file.
According to the opinion of several experts, this is not the right time for such companies: the recent heavy snowfalls following the rain and the temperatures finally returned to spring in fact would have advised against the use of skis at high altitude.
Davide Di Giosafatte, president of the Abruzzo mountain guides heard by ANSA said: "There have been, in fact, important precipitations recently and in these cases special attention is needed: we are at the end of the season, temperatures are rising, by noon at most you have to stay safe because of the instability of the snow due to the heat", added the head of the Guides. "The season is gone, I repeat to everyone, to do those things. Now it is too risky, moreover there was a big avalanche in the Conca degli Invalidi, which testifies to the danger of the mountain ".
Racanella was a great connoisseur of the mountains and a member of the Cai. In Orvieto many knew his great passion for sports and the mountains.
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