He left for a trail between the Grand Gabizos peak, the Louesque pass and the Sanctus peak on Saturday morning and has not given any sign of life since. The runner, originally from Bordeaux, has been actively sought since Saturday evening by mountain rescue workers in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques and Hautes-Pyrénées.
It was this Saturday, around 5 p.m., that the firemen of the Pyrénées-Atlantiques were asked to look for this 46-year-old man. This father on vacation had left alone the same morning, around 6 am, to climb the peak of Gabizos, according to Sud Ouest . The forty-something would have called his wife around 9 am, then gave no further news during his ascent.
Nine constables and three firefighters conduct foot searches
The firefighters set up a heavy search device, crisscrossing in a Dragon 64 helicopter and walking a demarcated area throughout the evening and "a good part of the night," said the daily. The emergency services obtained the reinforcement of the gendarmerie, mobilized around 8:30 p.m.
Research resumed this Sunday morning "with a dozen rescuers from 64", advises South West . The platoon of gendarmerie of high mountain (PGHM) of Pyrénées-Atlantiques left to explore the other side of the peak. Nine gendarmes and three firefighters carry out searches on foot, accompanied by a dog, while a command post has been installed in Gourette. According to France Bleu, six personnel from the PGHM of Pierrefitte-Nestalas (Hautes-Pyrénées) are also mobilized on the Bigorre side, the hiker's route being straddling the two departments.
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