Here is all you need to know about skier Jean Daniel Pession and his girlfriend Elisa Arlian as the couple die after falling from mountain
An unfortunate accident occurred which took the lives of two people, a couple; professional skier Jean Daniel Pession and his girlfriend, Elisa Arlian.
According to local reports, they died when they fell about 2,300 feet from Mount Zerbion in Italy atop the resort village Champoluc in the country’s Aosta Valley region.
Who is skier Jean Daniel Pession as he and Elisa Arlian die after falling from mountain, cause of death, bio and age
L’atleta di chilometro lanciato Jean Daniel Pession e la sua compagna Elisa Arlian, entrambi esperti di montagna e maestri di sci, sono morti precipitando dal Monte Zerbion, in Valle d’Aosta. Dopo ore di ricerche, i soccorritori hanno trovato i loro corpi sepolti dalla neve pic.twitter.com/rW13Zdn7qj
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Their family called emergency officials after they did not return from the peak, according to Italian media station RAI, and helicopters were dispatched immediately.
According to RAI, the search was carried out by three teams, including firefighters, police, and alpine rescue.
As per the aforementioned source, “It took hours and hours of flying over to locate them: there were no traces on the rock to suggest where they had fallen.”
Further, as per the translation it was said that maybe the ground gave way or they slipped on the snow as they proceeded along the crest dividing the east and north sides.
They could locate their cell phone signals. They were still bound together when rescuers arrived as mountain climbers frequently used ropes to secure themselves.
“They were almost at the summit, just a step away, when suddenly they were betrayed by the mountain they loved so much,” writes RAI in a video shared on X which was translated by People.
Who was Jean Daniel Pession and Elisa Arlian?
Jean Daniel Pession and Elisa Arlian were inspiring skiers who unfortunately died after falling from the mountain.
Search and rescue teams discovered their bodies buried in the snow, according to the journal, hours after their families reported them missing after they did not come back from their walk.
While Pession, who hailed from Aosta Valley was 28 years old, his girlfriend Arlian was two years younger. 26 year old Arlian was a ski instructor and a school teacher.
The news statement stated that Pession finished 15th in the final World Cup ranking for 2021 and 22nd in the Vars competition at the 2022 World Championships and he was an inspiring mountain guide.