Two Italian mountain climbers have died after falling from an altitude of nearly 11,000 feet in the Dolomites. Planet Mountain reported.
Francesco Favilli, 44, and Filippo Zanin, 36, died suddenly after falling while climbing the south face of the Marmolada from the Don Quixote pass on September 3. Their bodies were found early the next morning by members of the Mountain Rescue team. The news agency said the cause of their deaths was “yet to be determined” but that “Favilli and Zanin were extremely talented, well-known and loved in the climbing community”.
Both men worked for the shoemaker Scarpa. Favilli was the brand manager of the mountaineering division, while Zanin worked in the marketing department. The company's president, Sandro Parisotto, Shoe Intelligence The president said the deaths of Favilli and Zanin had left a huge void in Scarpa's life, and he spoke of the brotherly bond between the two and their shared love of mountaineering. He offered his condolences to the men's families.
Favilli and Zanin were both wealthy mountaineers in all seasons. They were experienced in alpine mountaineering, ski mountaineering, rock climbing and multi-rope routes, having climbed everywhere from the Alps to the Rocklands of South Africa. News of their deaths rocked the mountaineering community. “For both of them,” Planet Mountain “The mountains, in all their various aspects, represented a kind of compass of life. Today it feels like it has lost its north.”