2023-08-19 05:35:53
A mountaineer died on Friday falling fifty meters while climbing the Spijeoles peak alone, which rises to more than 3,000 m between Haute-Garonne and Hautes-Pyrénées, we learned from the rescue services. in the mountains.
“The starting point is a hiker who warned us that he had seen a person unscrew on the south-eastern slope of the peak” which culminates at 3065 m, in the upper valley of Oô, explained a member. of the Luchon CRS, which intervened on the spot following the report.
An open investigation
“We could only note the death which occurred following a fall of about fifty meters”, he underlined, indicating that the victim was a man of “forty years from Haute-Garonne”.
According to France Blue Occitania, the man was climbing alone. His body was evacuated to a heliport in nearby Bagnères-de-Luchon before being taken care of by the funeral directors. The CRS is in charge of an investigation to clarify the circumstances of the accident.
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