A woman has reportedly died after falling some 500ft from a rock climbing area in Málaga, Spain. The rock climber, 21, had gone to practice the sport with her friend when they plummeted Friday evening. She was declared dead soon after emergency services arrived at 7.10pm.
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Telecinco, a Spanish TV channel, said the woman is Irish. Police have not confirmed her nationality, however. The victim’s friend narrowly survived by clinging to a bush growing out from one of the rocks, local newspaper SUR reported. He was described as being in such a severe state of shock he could not remember his name.
The pair had been hiking all day near the rural village of El Chorro, one of the most popular rock-climbing attractions in Spain. Described as an ‘amusement park’ for rock climbers with thousands of paths along the limestone crags, the two mountaineers were in the Swiss Sector of the Arabic Staircase when they decided to return home.
But when they took a wrong turn and became lost, they both lost their balance and fell down a ravine, the survivor said. Get in touch with our news team by emailing us at webnews@metro.co.uk. For more stories like this, check our news page. Arrow MORE: The European holiday spots giving freebies for travelling by train.
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