Kent woman dies in French Alps
Published: 09:16, 05 May 2008
A Kent woman has died after a climbing accident in the French Alps.
Lydia Press, 24, of Edenbridge, was killed in a fall on the 3,800m peak Tour Ronde near Chamoix as she climbed with three others. Her boyfriend was injured in the accident.
Ms Press was a former president of the Oxford University Mountaineering Club.
An inquiry was underway into the tragedy and the Foreign Office was liaising with Ms Press's family.
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