Mortal accident in the Pedraforca

The Firemen of the Generalitat have rescued this Monday, 15 June 2020, the body without life of a mountaineer in the macizo of the Pedraforca, after being alerted by some excursionistas.

The warning received to the 15.13 hours and already in the first call alerted of the presence of a body, when seeming without life, in the zone of the beak of Pollegó inferior.

The Firemen have displaced a helicopter and have evacuated the body without life of a man of 67 years and neighbour of Calders (Barcelona) that, according to the first indications, could have died of natural death.

Always we have to take measures of security when we realise our excursions by the mountain. We leave you the list of councils that offers us the Civil Guard:

• It schedules your activity with suitable information (maps, books, reviews, etc…).
• It procures to know with antelación the half in that you go you to move. If it is the first time that do it hires a guide or do you accompany by somebody more expert.
• It procures not going only to the mountain. The advisable minimum group is of three components. In case of accident while one accompanies to the had an accident the another goes to look for help.
• You do not begin the activity late and schedules the horarior with a margin of security adapted to the slowest of the group.
• It leaves said where go and the details of your activity to somebody near.
• Inform you of the meteorological prediction
• Ensure you that you carry a suitable team to the activity that realise and procures to keep it always in good conditions.
• No sobrestimes your possibilities. It chooses an activity in accordance with your physical level and technician.
• Fedérate In any of the clubs of mountain in which you will obtain knowledges on how move you in the half and technical to increase your security.
• Obtain knowledges in first helps.
• If your state anímico is not the most suitable or are not biased, do not undertake activities of some technical complexity.
• Keep the suitable physical preparation.
• It includes always in your team a torch, waterproof, a reflective waistcoat and thermal blanket, although it was announced good time and do not have foreseen to finalise of night.
• It carries mobile telephone and checks that the battery is totally loaded before initiating the activity. If you have licence can carry also an emisora connected to the network REMER (146,175 Mhzs) in which they work the main part of the shelters of mountain.

And here we leave you some excursions by the zone of the Macizo of the Pedraforca in case they have taken you win after reading the notica.