Drama in the Pyrenees: an 80 -year -old lady died during a supervised hike on Thursday, May 1. What we know.
A drama occurred in the Pyreneesduring a hike: an 80 year old lady made a deadly fall on Thursday, May 1, 2025.
A hundred meters
According to the Basque Country, it is up to the Mehatzé pass, in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques, that the octogenarian has unscrewed. She did a fall of a hundred meters, as our colleagues write. She was part of a group of hikers who was on the way backthe drama that took place in the afternoon. The sector on which the victim has dropped is qualified accessible although difficult: It is on part of the GR10.
Open survey
While the Dragon 64 helicopter was deployed to take care of two people who accompanied these walkersthe Oloron’s high mountain gendarmerie (PGHM) was also requisitioned, especially for Descend the body of the victim.
This same PGHM has opened an investigation that involves also the Bayonne gendarmerie company. The goal is now to collect elements to understand, in detail, The causes of this tragic accident.
