On Sunday, a 29-year-old climber was seriously injured in southern France, who fell over 200 meters in the Pyrenees.

As reported by the French broadcaster France Info, the accident occurred in the Hautes-Pyrénées department on the border with Spain.

Accordingly, the 29-year-old climber had tried to climb the Pic Long.

Details about the crash were not disclosed.

An eyewitness observed the crash and called the emergency services.

The seriously injured man was taken to a hospital in Tarbes by the mountain rescue service.

There it was said that there was no danger to life.

The man is said to have broken his thigh bone.

The doctors also assumed "multiple broken ribs" and trauma.

The Pic Long is almost 3200 meters high and the third highest mountain in the French Pyrenees.