Black summer in Picos de Europa: a fatal avalanche adds another dead climber

El Confidencial

Black summer in Picos de Europa: a fatal avalanche adds another dead climber

This Monday, a German mountaineer who disappeared for almost 20 hours was found alive in the Picos de Europa, the best-known limestone mountain in Spain. Although this case ended in success, on Sunday another mountaineer —also of German origin— appeared dead after an avalanche. The stones hit him and only his companion survived, who had minor injuries. The two events overlapped in just 24 hours, but they are no exception. The death of the German…