A ski hiker was found dead on Saturday May 3 at the Roland breach, a natural hole in the cliffs around the Gavarnie circus.
Leaving alone on April 30, this 58-year-old Landes, professor at the agricultural high school in Sabers, was to find friends two days later in a Haut-Pyrenean refuge.
An investigation is underway to determine the circumstances of his death.
Leaving alone on April 30, he never arrived at their destination. A 58 -year -old ski hiker was found dead on Saturday May 3 in the morning at the Roland breach (new window)a geological training at the Pyrenean border Franco-Spanish, in the Hautes-Pyrénées, announced in a press release the Peloton de gendarmerie de Haute-Montagne (PGHM).
Warned by two Spanish hikers, the emergency services were dispatched to the site by helicopter. The Samu could only note the death of the victim, originally from Sabers, in the Landes. “An investigation is underway to determine the exact circumstances of the death”said PGHM.
-Expected in a refuge
According to the first elements, the regular hiker, professor at the agricultural high school of Sabers according to Southwest (new window)was to find friends on May 2 in a refuge by Gavarnie-Gédre, which he could never rally.
Roland’s breach is a natural hole 40 meters wide and 70 meters deep, opening in the cliffs located around the Gavarnie circus, in the Hautes-Pyrénées. A legend says that she would have been opened by Roland, nephew of Charlemagne. He would have tried to break his sword Durandal against the rock after a bitter battle to prevent his enemies from taking it.
