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A Navarrese climber dies after falling 200 meters in the Pyrenees of Huesca

2024-01-13T21:17:20.651Z

Highlights: A Navarrese climber dies after falling 200 meters in the Pyrenees of Huesca. The deceased, 27 years old, was climbing the north face of the Aspe peak with another companion, also injured, who has been unharmed. The alert was given at around 11.05 a.m. on Saturday through a call made to the 112 emergency service to report that one of the teammates had fallen into the void and the other, 26, had been left on the wall of the mountain.


The deceased, 27 years old, was climbing the north face of the Aspe peak with another companion, also injured, who has been unharmed


Specialists from the Civil Guard have rescued this Saturday the lifeless body of a young climber from Pamplona who suffered a fall from about 200 meters while ascending with a companion the north face of the Aspe peak, in the Pyrenean town of Aísa (Huesca, 324 inhabitants).

According to the armed institute, the alert was given at around 11.05 a.m. on Saturday through a call made to the 112 emergency service to report that one of the teammates, 27 years old, had fallen into the void and the other, 26, had been left on the wall of the mountain.

The specialists of the Civil Guard deployed to the area in the helicopter located the injured mountaineer and verified on the ground that he had injuries incompatible with life, so they proceeded to transfer him to the Military Mountain School of Candanchú, from where he was evacuated by the funeral services to the hospital of Jaca. The companion of the deceased was rescued unharmed by the specialists and also moved in the aircraft to the same destination in Candanchú.

Source: elparis

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