Rucu Pichincha Volcano Ecuador: Woman Mountain Climber found dead

Posted on March 27, 2017 • Filed under: Ecuador, Ecuador Emergency

aldia.com.ec reported a 34-year-old woman was found dead in the so-called death march on Sunday, March 26, 2017 in the Rucu Pichincha volcano. Another hiker was found, taken care of and taken to a hospital. The mountaineer’s body was rescued today.

According to the first versions of the Department of Security of the Municipality, the rescue groups of the National and Metropolitan Police found one of the young people with hypothermia and he would have indicated that the woman died near the top.

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According to the report of the Dinased, the staff performed the removal of Diana GF’s body. According to the first report, “the external visual inspection of her body (of the woman) does not show traces of violence.”

In addition, the sources of the police department indicated that an interview was conducted with Gonzalo N. Through this it was possible to know that yesterday, at approximately 09:00, a group of friends (four), including the now deceased, had Started climbing the Rucu Pichincha.

According to the report, they had traveled for about four hours. After that time they had sat down to climb the last 200 meters to reach the summit. However, in that interval the woman had presented respiratory problems and fell to the floor presumably fainted. Read Article

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