Stephan fell off the Argentiere when a bit of the cornice snapped off, he fell to his death. Killian his companion was unharmed, they were going for the traverse of the Mont Blanc range in 2 days. Stephan was a record ski alpinist, and he jointly held the record for Mont blanc with ski, and the Cham-Zermat. The mountains are forever dangerous but Stephane loved the mountains and loved racing.
