French emergency services located late this monday afternoon dead bodies of two Spanish climbers missing since last Saturday carlit peakOn the eastern French side of the Pyrenees.
French authorities mobilized resources to locate the two climbers and this Monday some 15 rescuers, including six agents from the High Mountain Gendarmerie Detachmentsnotify local french media.
Difficult conditions made working difficult due to low visibility, strong winds exceeding 100 kilometers per hour and temperatures as low as 25 degrees below zero. The prepared rescue helicopter could not be used due to weather conditions.
The climbers set out on Saturday to climb the Carlit Peak. a mountain 2,900 meters above sea leveland they planned to spend the night in a mountain shelter, which they apparently never found. Therefore, they had to spend the night outside, despite the strong wind and snow.
The two climbers contacted Bolquère mountain rescue services early Sunday morning after spending the night in the snow. They said that its altitude is 2,700 meters, but they could not specify its geographical location.
News portal actu.fr reported that it was able to fly over the region on Monday. A helicopter spotted the two climbers as they approached the summit of Tossal Colomer. at an altitude of 2,700 meters above sea level. Authorities have launched an investigation, but everything indicates that they both died of hypothermia.