"Every day he posted photos of mountaineering, climbing, mountain biking, bivouac in the mountains ..." At the microphone of Europe 1 Thursday, the leader of the High Mountain Platoon of Hautes-Pyrénées Jean-Marc Bougy still can't believe it. For dozens of days, while France was living at the time of containment measures, a young man multiplied the outings in the Tarbes region. On social networks, the individual challenged the police by publishing his exploits in numerous mountain activities.
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"Very irritating comments"
"Everything was accompanied by very irritating and especially outrageous comments," denounces Jean-Marc Bougy. The young man thought he could not be found, but he was finally arrested last Tuesday. He was obviously not the only one who knew the best places to indulge in climbing. "Indeed, he was found on a climbing site. His practice was so assiduous that we suspected he would end up in one of the sites where we also practice," says Jean-Marc Bougy.
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"We couldn't afford to let this go"
"We first carried out an investigation which enabled us to extract an identity, then an address, then a vehicle," he continues. "With this vast majority of people who had paid attention to the general interest, I found it disrespectful. We could not afford to let that go, it was not possible. He, for his little one personal pleasure, allowed himself to take all risks every day, "concludes the policeman.
The man was fined 300 euros for "contempt".