3 Mountaineers were caught out by bad weather on Sunday whilst climbing the central pillar of the Freney route on the Italian side of Mont Blanc.
The sheer rock face they were on is graded as extremely difficult, and the party found themselves trapped as the visibility diminished. They were unable to down climb, and called the PGHM for rescue.
Unfortunately the weather conditions meant that the helicopters from both Italian and French rescue services couldn't reach them, and so they had to spend the night trying to shelter near the top of the route waiting for the weather to clear.
Mountain rescuers were dropped at the Refuge du Gouter and reached the party by around midday. All the men were brought safely back to Chamonix suffering only from dehydration and exhaustion, but were otherwise unharmed.
