A pilgrim was found dead in Roncesvalles as he walked the Camino de Santiago

Camino de Santiago

As reported by the Foral Police of Navarre, one of the pilgrims missing since Friday in the vicinity of Roncesvalles while doing the Camino de Santiago, it has been found dead Saturday afternoon in "a place of difficult access." The disappearance of a pilgrim and 26 years of Asian origin had been notified on Friday night to the emergency services of Navarre, giving green light to a search operation for more than 16 hours.

The pilgrim was found alive around 2:30 PM by the team of firefighters Valcarlos, she was transferred to hospital with symptoms of severe hypothermia, indicating this could be his companion wounded. Finally at 5.45 PM basking in his 50s he was found dead dog Team Search and Rescue Navarra near Roncesvalles, where the Judicial Police moved to authorize the rescue of the body, which would take place hours later.

The pilgrim and his partner would have been lost in the vicinity of Roncesvalles in choosing the wrong path, so that man would have decided to go back to find the way, may have headlong. Remember that the entrance to the Camino de Santiago in Navarre is especially severe in winter, why is restricted with a resolution of Interior passage of pilgrims along the eastern route Lepoeder November 1 to March 31, 2017 it is mandatory to take the western route, which runs through Luzaide-Valcarlos and the Ibañeta to Roncesvalles.