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47-year-old hiker found dead in the Pyrenees

2021-08-03T06:03:37.285Z


The man had been missing for two days, when he left for several days of hiking, alone. A 47-year-old hiker, missing for two days, was found dead Monday afternoon in the Pyrenees, on the western slope of the Astazou peak, we learned from rescuers. His body was discovered in the white rocks area, in Gavarnie-Gèdre, specifies France Bleu Béarn Bigorre. Originally from Rouen (Normandy), the forty-something had left alone for several days of hiking. His parents had worried that they had


A 47-year-old hiker, missing for two days, was found dead Monday afternoon in the Pyrenees, on the western slope of the Astazou peak, we learned from rescuers.

His body was discovered in the white rocks area, in Gavarnie-Gèdre, specifies France Bleu Béarn Bigorre.

Originally from Rouen (Normandy), the forty-something had left alone for several days of hiking.

His parents had worried that they had not heard from him since last Friday.

They had given the alert.

Read alsoPyrenees: bones discovered could belong to a Briton who has been missing for eight months

His car was located at a starting point for hikes.

According to the first elements communicated by the CRS of mountain rescue in Gavarnie (Hautes-Pyrénées), he would have had a fatal fall.

He must have strayed before unscrewing near the peak of Astazou.

The victim's body was repatriated with the Dragon 64 civil security helicopter.

In February, a man in his sixties who was ski touring in the Pyrenees died, surprised by a patch of ice.

He died after a slide of a hundred meters that ended against a rock.

Source: leparis

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