[custom_adv] French climber Luce Douady has died at the age of 16 after falling from a cliff on Sunday, the French Federation of Mountaineering and Climbing (FFME) has said. Douady was a rising star in the French climbing team and was described as "very promising" in a statement from the FFME on Monday. [custom_adv] The 16-year-old was with friends when she fell from a cliff near Crolles in the Isère department, southeastern France, according to the statement. The 16-year-old suffered a fatal fall while exploring the cliffs near Grenoble, France, on Sunday, according to the French Mountain Climbing Federation (FFME). She was with her friends at the time. [custom_adv] The teenager was seen as a rising talent in the sport of rock-climbing, which is slated to debut at the Tokyo Olympics with three separate disciplines, including bouldering, which was Douady’s specialty. [custom_adv] Douady won the 2019 youth world title in bouldering and placed fifth at the senior world cup in Colorado that same year. She was not on the roster for the French team in Tokyo but had been eyeing the next Summer Olympic Games in Paris in 2024. [custom_adv] Tributes poured in for the teen climber following her death, with many users leaving messages on her Instagram account. The International Federation of Sport Climbing described Douady as a “brilliant and talented athlete,” and paid tribute to her with a video posted on Facebook on Monday. [custom_adv] Her climbing club, Chamery Escalade, mourned her as a “young woman full of energy, passion and talents” who was also a “beautiful person.” Sources told The Guardian and French newspaper La Dauphine Douady fell nearly 500 feet after she attempted to cross between two climbing areas. French officials have started an investigation into the accident. [custom_adv] French climber Luce Douady has died at the age of 16 after falling from a cliff on Sunday, the French Federation of Mountaineering and Climbing (FFME) has said. Douady was a rising star in the French climbing team and was described as "very promising" in a statement from the FFME on Monday.
