British Woman Dies After 500m Fall in Spain's Pyrenees Mountains
Mountain rescue recovered her body by helicopter after the 42-year-old fell about 500 metres on a popular Pyrenees climbing route, police said.
- On Saturday, a 42-year-old British woman died after falling around 500 metres while descending the Great Diagonal route on Balaitus Peak in the High Pyrenees. Her 53-year-old partner remained unharmed.
- Police sources suggest the woman likely slipped in a snow-covered area while descending despite good weather conditions on Saturday evening. Authorities are treating the death as a tragic accident.
- Greim mountain rescue teams deployed a helicopter after the alarm was raised around 7.20pm on Saturday. The body was transferred to Zaragoza's Forensic Medicine Institute for post-mortem examination.
- Investigators are preparing a report for a local investigating court alongside post-mortem results. The woman, born in the UK and living in Finland, died crossing the 3,144-metre granite mass.
- The incident follows the death of a 61-year-old British hiker found in Spain's Picos de Europa last month. That hiker told emergency responders he was "lost and exhausted" before his May 16 discovery.
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A British tourist has died after falling from a height of more than 500 meters in a horrific mountaineering accident. The 42-year-old woman fell from the mountain in front of her partner while hiking on the slopes of the Pyrenees in northern Spain, foreign media write, reports Telegrafi. She fell from the Balaitus peak, while crossing a popular hiking route in the mountains known as the Great Diagonal. As it is further reported, her 53-year-old …
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