Spanish Caver dies in France Caving Accident

[L Roebuck]

A Spanish speleologist has died in a caving accident in France

A Spanish speleologist has died in a caving accident in the Eastern Pyrenees in France.

It happened on Saturday afternoon in a cave system near Opoul, at a depth of between 130 and 150 metres.

The 51 year old victim, who has not been named, was part of a group from the Granollers Speleologist Club, in Barcelona. He was with two companions, who escaped the accident uninjured.

The only information on what happened is that he may have been caught in a rock fall.

The area the group were exploring is described as unstable.

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[L Roebuck]

French firemen rescue body of missing potholer

Acccording to reports on Catalunya Informació, rescue teams have finally managed to remove the body of a 51 year old man from Granollers, who died last Saturday while potholing near the French town of La Chapelle-Sainte Barbe.

More than fifty firemen took part in the rescue mission, that involved using explosives to widen the mouth of the cave where the body was trapped 150 metres below ground in a geologically unstable area.

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[Brian Roebuck]

Condolences to his family and friends. He died doing what he enjoyed however and that is not all bad.