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Consider the Valladolid climber a major climber in Europe's Picos.

Consider the Valladolid climber a major climber in Europe's Picos.

A 68-year-old mountaineer in Vallisoletano died after falling on the north side of the mountain at noon today. Pico San CarlosIn Macizo de Ándara, Picos de Europa (Cantabria).

El Gobierno cantabro said that the deceased was a very experienced mountaineer who had made the descent after reaching the summit and was at the time of the accident. According to 112 de Cantabria a este medio, the deceased, a native of Valladolid, fell from a great height.

Otro compañero, most 52 years que rescatado unleso.

La Guardia Civil alerted the Cantabria 112 Emergency Center at around 14.30 and mobilized the helicopter of the Government of Cantabria and the personnel of the armed institution. The body was found by GREIM officers of the Civil Guard.

It was also alerted to the Cantabrian Government's Civil Defense Intervention Team (EPIC), which, although it did not intervene, was involved in a mountain exercise in the Picos de Europa just over an hour from the crash site.

After the climber's death was confirmed by the medical team of the Gobierno de Cantabria, he was taken into custody by the Civil Protection Service to be transferred to the Guardia Civil helicopter.

In turn, the injured climber was rescued and airlifted to the Tama helipad, attended by firefighters and transferred to Potes Health Center.