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Posted by bigmac990 - January 12th, 2009
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GRENOBLE, France (AFP) - Two British climbers, including the youngest Briton to conquer Everest, fell hundreds of metres to their deaths on Mont Blanc, French police said Sunday.
The two men, Rob Gauntlett and James Atkinson, both 21, were found under the Gervasutti route up Tacul, a 4,360-metre peak in the Mont Blanc massif of the French Alps, after Saturday's fatal fall, police told AFP.
On May 17, 2006, Gauntlett became the first British teenager to reach the highest point in the world, the 8,848 metre peak of Everest in the Nepalese Himalayas.
He celebrated his 19th birthday at Everest base camp, joined by his school friend James Hooper, also 19.
They were also named National Geographic Adventure magazine's Adventurers of the Year in 2008 for travelling from the North Geomagnetic Pole, starting in Greenland, to the South Magnetic Pole using only human and natural power -- skis, bikes and boats.
The pair were both on holiday in the Alps this weekend when tragedy struck, and both Gauntlett and Atkinson died.
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Sucks To Find Out Your Friends Are Dead On The 7 O'Clock News
