The body of a 51-year-old man was found dead this Saturday morning, on the road to the Col du Tourmalet (Hautes-Pyrénées) by mountain CRS teams.
The hiker, a resident of Lot, had left the day before, in the company of his dog.
It was his family, without news, who gave the alert, tells France 3 Occitanie.
The search was initially carried out on foot because heavy fog made it impossible to use a helicopter.
They were interrupted at 4 a.m. before resuming a few hours later.
And it was at 9:30 a.m. that the man was found dead, probably after falling a hundred meters from a slope which has already been the scene of other accidents.
His dog, safe and sound, was waiting next to his master's remains.
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