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An 18-year-old man who fell to his death while climbing in the French Alps was named today as Ian Jackson from Middlesbrough. The British teenager had fallen 160 feet to his death from a climbing crag in the French Alps. Jackson was on holiday with two friends who witnessed yesterday’s tragedy. Police said the victim had made a 'grave technical error' involving his climbing ropes. The boys were holidaying in Chamonix-Mt-Blanc, one of the world’s most famous mountaineering areas. Chamonix-Mt-Blanc: The teenager had made a 'grave technical error' involving his climbing ropes. The boy had started descending the rock face, called Les Gaillands, when he fell. Last night a spokesman for the Chamonix police, the Peloton de Gendarmerie de Haute Montagne, said: 'He made an enormous error with his ropes. It was a grave technical error.... [read full story]
