With his venture on Mont Blanc, announced via social media in recent weeks, he was raising funds for Ageop, an association that helps children with cancer. Michele Raule, 50, of San Lazzaro, Bologna, died Sunday, July 14, near the Gonella refuge, where he would shortly be taking shelter. Together with three others, including his brother, he was returning from the Italian normal route to the summit when he slipped on a snowfield, falling about 100 meters into a gully and ending up in a crevasse in the Miage glacier. He leaves a wife and three children.
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