ABOVE FURNACES. It was the breaking of the anchor on which he was abseiling that made Giovanni Anziutti, seventy-year-old from Tolmezzo, fall from Crodon di Giaf in the Friulian Dolomites. After reaching the top he was just descending to return safely when something went wrong.
On the evening of Tuesday 21st, the rescue teams from Veneto and Forni Sopra had ascended from the two sides of Veneto and Friuli to the top of Mount Cridola thanks to the light of the moon without finding it.
On Wednesday morning, however, he was spotted during the first patrol with the Civil Protection helicopter around 8 am by the four rescuers from Forni di Sopra who had boarded, under the walls of the Dolomite tower.
The body was recovered, due to territorial jurisdiction, by the Falco di Pieve di Cadore helicopter with the doctor on board to ascertain the death and after the authorization of the magistrate to remove the body.
On the contrary, a very respected person in Carnia and in the environment of mountain-goers, he was an expert hiker, president of Leggimontagna and with positions in Asca: he was also a councilor within the CAI of Forni Di Sopra.
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