The bodies of two Romanian climbers missing since last week were found Monday in the Gran Paradiso massif in the Italian Alps, authorities told AFP. The two Romanian nationals whose ages have not been disclosed had not made contact since leaving a mountain refuge on July 9, according to authorities in the Aosta Valley, a northern region bordering Switzerland and France. After several days of helicopter searches, their bodies were found Monday morning at the bottom of a crevasse about 20 metres deep, regional authorities said. Gran Paradiso rises to 4,061 metres within Italy's oldest national park. Mountain accidents are common in Italy: in 2025, they caused 528 deaths, an increase of 13 percent compared with the 466 fatalities recorded in 2024, according to the Italian National Alpine and Speleological Rescue Corps (CNSAS).
