Canadian woman dies in avalanche on Ecuador volcano: officials

Quito (AFP) July 8, 2022

One Canadian woman died and a fellow citizen was injured when an avalanche roared down the side of snow-capped Chimborazo volcano, Ecuador's highest peak, rescue service officials said Thursday. Security Service ECU911 in Riobamba city said in a statement that a man who identified himself as a 24-year-old Canadian phoned to report the accident in which his 25-year-old female hiking companion