Three to trial for the death of Tito Traversa

In July 2013, Tito Traversa (12) was on a climbing trip in Orpierre with his Italian club. Tito, who did his first 8b+ when he was 10 years old, borrowed from a friend some quickdraws, which had been wrongly assembled. As he leaned backwards having clipped the anchor, the quickdraws fell apart and the young Italian fell 20 meters to the ground. He died in an hospital. La Stampa reports that a prosecutor will take three people to trial for the death of Tito Traversa: the president of the climbing club, the climbing instructor of the camp and the company producing the strings to the quickdraws.