A deadly weekend for extreme sports in the French Alps has claimed the lives of two climbers, a paraglider, a hang glider and a wingsuit jumper. On Sunday afternoon, rescuers found a paraglider’s body on rocks in the Haute-Savoie region on the Swiss border, security forces said. Earlier on Sunday, two French climbers – a 34-year-old man and a 37-year-old woman – died further south after falling 164ft down La Meije mountain. On Saturday, a 32-year-old man died after diving off the Dent d’Arclusaz mountain in a wingsuit. Earlier in the day, a hang gliding instructor died aged 49 after plunging out of his two-seater near Lake Annecy.

Source: The Guardian August 15, 2016 01:45 UTC