Two vacationers have an accident while climbing on Mallorca, passers-by discover the lifeless young men in the water.
They climbed the rock face without a rope or safety device.
Felanitx / Mallorca - You had visited Mallorca for a vacation but now two vacationers from the USA have had a fatal accident in the vacation paradise.
The tragic accident is said to have occurred on Tuesday.
The two young men are said to have climbed along a rock face without safety and rope.
Tragic accident on Mallorca: tourists crash while climbing - passer-by discovers lifeless bodies
As the
Mallorca Zeitung
reports, the climbing accident is said to have occurred on the east coast of the island in the municipality of Felanitx between the two bays of Cala Sa Nau and Cala Mitjana.
Accordingly, the two young Americans pursued what is known as deep water soloing or Psicobloc.
This involves climbing rock faces without safety and rope.
Rock walls by the sea are usually chosen to cushion a possible fall.
As the newspaper further reports, the place where both men had an accident is said to be popular with athletes.
The only 25 and 35 year old Americans, however, paid for their sport with their lives.
The accident was only noticed by a passerby who happened to be passing by, he discovered a lifeless body in the water.
The lifeguards, who were immediately alerted, would not have been able to determine the pulse of the young athlete.
Mallorca: vacationers from the USA have a fatal accident - the exact cause of the accident is still unclear
As the
Mallorca Zeitung
reports, the second tourist is said to have been discovered by a vacationer shortly afterwards.
He too was floating unconscious in the sea.
Despite immediate first aid measures, any help came too late for both holidaymakers.
The exact cause of death is now to be clarified by an autopsy, but both men are said to have sustained significant injuries from falling from the rock face.
Why the two athletes crashed is also the subject of the investigation.
As the portal further reports, so far it cannot be ruled out that several boulders had loosened.
A similar accident had recently happened in Mallorca. Two sisters had an accident while bathing. While one of the young women was pronounced brain dead, her sister died on the spot.