European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 7, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse Sunday August 7, 1994 world the stars and stripes Quot Page 13inexperience blamed in Alp deaths Geneva apr the Sun baked Alps which lure tens of thousands of aspiring mountaineers Are turning into a Deathtrap for the unsuspecting and the ill prepared. More than 20 people died in climbing accidents in Switzerland France and Italy within one week a the deadliest so far this summer. A a it a not the mountains that Are More dangerous at this time of year its the people a said Sepp Inderkum Rescue chief at the Swiss Alpine club. A a. A people have much less respect for mountains in Beautiful weather a he added. During Cool Days in Spring and autumn the peaks tend to attract dedicated climbers who Are. Well equipped and expect sudden changes in conditions. But at the height of the vacation period a Day tourists take Over. Many Are unfamiliar with the route re Ductant to Rise at Dawn to Start Long hikes and poorly outfitted. A in most cases people who we have to help either have very Little experience or none at All a said Armando poli president of the italian first Aid corps. A a lot of them get injured and find themselves in trouble in easy situations like pathways through slides. An Avalanche on the French Side of the imposing Mont Blanc a the alpinist a a european Mecca a left nine dead july 29. Three people were killed in a martial Law reportedly set in. Iranian City a amps fall aug 4 on the italian part of the 15,771-foot Moun Tain the tallest of the Alps. Nine Mountain visitors died when they fell during a National Holiday weekend in Switzerland. A 74-year-old american woman who stumbled Over a Rock precipice and smashed into a dry Stream bed about 100 feet below was among the victims As was a 39-year-old Man wearing sandals. Their names weren to released. The worst incident occurred when a rope party of four germans equipped with ski poles rather than proper ice axes slipped on the run Menhorn Mountain m the Central Swiss Alps after setting out when the Sun had made the Snow too soft. A they died because they ignored the Basic rules of climbing a said Fritz Loretan who runs the 8,454-foot-High Refuge where the party stayed. In the United states two it hikers lost their footing on a Glacier on mount Hood Oregon a highest Peak and fell to their deaths. A . Rescue officials said warm weather meant the Glacier Wasny to Safe to climb and the party had no ice axes or crampons spikes for their boots. In the peruvian Andes three europeans died in Mountain accidents in july apparently because too much Snow had made climbing hazardous. Before the terrorist shining lath movement scared away tourists in the 1980s the death toll in Peru a Cordillera Blanca White Range averaged five to six per year. 1 a in Nepal a Himalayas 11 deaths from climbing accidents were recorded last year compare thoth 24 in 1992. In Europe where Good roads make the Alps easily accessible the mountaineering toll is much higher last year in Italy 242 people were killed in climbing and skiing accidents. To Switzerland 98 people died climbing or Peak hiking a about half of them foreigners in be ignoring Austria 150 died in climbing and hiking accidents last year. Despite the fatalities and an Ever increasing number of tourists europeans say the annual casualty rate is stable and Sho Labe kept in perspective. A about 3 million austrians Are keen Mountain walkers. Every year about 9,000 of them get injured a said Rupert Kisser head of the live purely initiative in aus Wilhelm Becker head of the bavarian Mountain patrol unit of the German red Cross echoed that reasoning. Nicosia Cyprus a Quot a martial Law was imposed Friday on an iranian City after two Days of anti government riots killed at least four people and destroyed scores of government buildings an opposition group said. The Mujaheddin a Khaliq the dominant movement seeking to topple the fundamentalist Muslim regime in Tehran said 70 people were wounded in clashes with Security forces in the North Western City of Yazvin and hundreds were arrested. Mujaheddin spokesman Ali Safavi said from Paris a a there a Complete martial Law in Yazvin with a very heavy presence of Security forces throughout the the report be independently confirmed. Yazvin is one of Iran a most Fertile agricultural regions and one of the most industrialized. 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