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The French emergency services have located late on Monday afternoon the lifeless bodies of two Spanish mountaineers who remained missing since last Saturday in the region of Carlit peak, on the eastern French side of the Pyrenees.
The French authorities mobilized resources to locate the two mountaineers and this Monday about 15 rescuers were mobilized, including six agents of the High Mountain Gendarmerie Platoons, local French media report.
The difficult conditions made the work difficult due to poor visibility, wind gusts of more than 100 kilometers per hour and low temperatures of up to 25 degrees below zero. The prepared rescue helicopter could also not be used due to weather conditions.
The mountaineers had set off on Saturday with the intention of climbing Carlit Peak, a mountain 2,900 meters high from sea level, and intended to spend the night in a shelter on the mountain, which they apparently never managed to locate. So they had to spend the night outdoors despite the strong wind and snow.
The two mountaineers contacted Bolquère's mountain rescue services early Sunday morning, after spending the night in the snow. They were informed of their altitude, 2,700 meters, but could not indicate their exact geographical position.
The news portal actu.fr has reported that already on Monday a helicopter that spotted the two climbers when they were near the Tossal Colomer peak, at 2,700 meters above sea level, could fly over the area.
The authorities have opened an investigation, although everything indicates that both died of hypothermia.
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