Mountain accidents
A mountaineer rescued in the Atxuri Pass
A 60-year-old person has been rescued after feeling unwell at the Atxuri pass in the Gorbeia Natural Park. The mountaineers who were in the area have managed to help the man, but it is the injured person himself who has to notify 112.
Thousands of mountaineers have been trapped in Everest as a result of a heavy snowstorm
Some 350 people have already been rescued as search continues in high-altitude areas . Routes are closed by several metres of snow. The storm hit hundreds of mountaineers on Saturday night in the Gama Valley, 4,2000 metresabove sea level. Dozens of tents collapsed and helicopters were unable to rescue due to the wind.
A climber who fell on Mount Untzillaitz has been rescued
On the south side of the mountain, the 30-year-old man has fallen from a height of 8 metres and, after being rescued by helicopter, has been taken to Cruces hospital with injuries.
A 67-year-old Iranian mountaineer died after falling into the Eastern Pyrenees
The accident took place on Mount Calit and the woman accompanying the deceased was unharmed. The deceased and his wife are experienced mountaineers who, according to the Gendarmerie investigating the accident, were carrying the appropriate equipment.
A mountaineer from Pamplona died at the top of Russell, in the Aragonese Pyrenees
It is 25 years since Felix Iñurrategi died in the Himalayas
As they ascended with their brother Alberto the ochomil Gasherbrum II and descended from the second camp to the first (6,900 m), it collapsed below 400 m on 28 July 2000.
Relatives of the 86-year-old mountaineer killed in Gorbeia angry at the judge's decision not to allow geolocation
The missing man was found on Wednesday night. The experienced Alavés mountaineer was found by a Ertzaintza helicopter. The judge did not agree to geolocation, but his cell phone was still giving the signal.