British climber, 20, dies after fall on Spanish mountain

A young British climber has died after falling on a Spanish mountain.

The 20-year-old man, who has not been named, fell and injured himself on Wednesday while exploring an area known as Puente del Mono – which translates in English as Monkey Bridge – near the village of El Chorro.

He was knocked unconscious and went into cardiac arrest by the time first responders arrived by helicopter in the mountains near Malaga.

Police tried to save the man by hoisting him from the rocky surface, but he was later pronounced dead.

The alarm was raised at around 11am yesterday and the climber is said to have crossed a protected climbing route called a via ferrata, where a metal rail is bolted into the mountain that users can clip onto and use as a safety line.

The area where the tragedy occurred is located on the famous Caminito del Rey trail.

A spokesman for the Guardia Civil in Malaga, in his first comment on the tragedy, said: ‘Members of the Guardia Civil’s specialist mountain rescue team, based in Alora, near Malaga, supported by a Guardia Civil helicopter, based in Granada, rescued the victim rescued. body of a young British man.

‘He had fallen while crossing a via ferrata in the area known as Monkey Bridge, near El Chorro.

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The area where the tragedy occurred is located on the famous Caminito del Rey trail

‘When officers reached the man, he was in cardiac arrest.

“Despite practicing CPR on him and quickly evacuating him by helicopter to a nearby heliport where medical services were waiting, they could only confirm his death.”

It was not immediately clear this morning whether the climber was on holiday or lives in Spain.

An autopsy will now take place and police will report to an investigating magistrate in charge of an ongoing inquest into the incident.

It comes after a daredevil British influencer died after falling from Spain’s highest bridge.

The 26-year-old digital creator is said to have plunged over the Tagus River from the 200-metre-high Castilla-La Mancha Bridge in Talavera de la Reina, a 90-minute drive south-west of Madrid, as he climbed it in a social media stunt media to film. mid-October.

City councilor Macarena Munoz confirmed the tragedy and said access to the bridge was “totally prohibited.”

She added: ‘We have made it clear on several occasions that this cannot be done under any circumstances.’

The unnamed British man is said to have been with a fellow countryman aged 24 when he plunged to his death.