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Pyrenees: a mountaineer dies while climbing the peak of Spijeoles

2023-08-18T16:40:24.160Z

Highlights: A mountaineer died Friday, August 18 by falling about fifty meters while climbing alone the peak of Spijeoles. The starting point is a hiker who warned us that he had seen a person unscrewing on the southeastern slope of the peak. The victim was a man of "forty years from Haute-Garonne", according to the mountain rescue service CRS of Luchon, who intervened on the spot following the report of the fall. The peak is located in the upper valley of Oô, in the province of Hautes-Pyrénées.


A mountaineer died Friday, August 18 by falling about fifty meters while climbing alone the peak of Spijeoles, which culminates at more...


A mountaineer died Friday, August 18 by falling about fifty meters while climbing alone the peak of Spijeoles, which culminates at more than 3000 meters between Haute-Garonne and Hautes-Pyrénées, we learned from mountain rescue.

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The starting point is a hiker who warned us that he had seen a person unscrewing on the southeastern slope of the peak" which rises to 3065 m, in the upper valley of Oô, explained to AFP a member of the CRS of Luchon, who intervened on the spot following the report. "We could only note the death that occurred following a fall of fifty meters," he said, indicating that the victim was a man of "forty years from Haute-Garonne".

Source: lefigaro

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