Two hikers from Toulouse died in the Spanish Pyrenees
By Guillaume Laurent
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This is terrible news reported by our colleagues from the newspaper El Pais. Went on a hike in the Spanish Pyreneestwo French are died of hypothermia, after being discovered unconscious at 2,500 meters altitude. The woman, 69, and the man, 65, were both from Toulouse.
Helicoptered in emergency to Barcelona
These two seasoned hikers had left the Ventosa i Calvell refuge, located at around 2,200 meters on Tuesday, September 13, 2022, and their bodies were found by mountaineers the next day noon near Lake Contraix, in the boi valley, at 2500 meters above sea level.
Very low body temperatures
Despite attempts by firefighters and rescue workers to resuscitate them, as well as the mobilization of two helicopters to evacuate them urgently Barcelonaboth hikers died at Vall d’Hebron Hospital, where they had been admitted “fr extreme hypothermia. Because when the two victims were found, their bodies were at extremely low temperatures, one of them at 16 degrees only, which annihilates all vital function.
Leaders of the Rando Plaisirs de Ramonville association
retirees, Nicholas and Mark were members but also animators of the association “Rando Pleasures”, based in Ramonville-Saint-Agne. They had just gone on reconnaissance to prepare for a future stay of their association. ” Everyone is shocked “, confides the president of Rando Plaisirs, Maurice Trussy. “They were seasoned hikers, one of them was a federal patent”.
“My first thoughts go to the families and loved ones of the two animators who died in the mountains during this recognition”, reacted the mayor of the town. Christophe Lubac adds: “It’s a terrible news for this large family that is Rando Plaisirs”, a very active association in its municipality, and which dresses many Toulouse residents.
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