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The pistillate had been hiking successful the Pyrenees successful the Huesca portion of Spain
A British pistillate has died aft falling from a upland portion hiking successful the Pyrenees adjacent the Spain-France border.
The 42-year-old fell astir 500m (1,640ft) from the Balaitús Peak successful the Huesca portion of Spain, section media reported.
The Foreign Office said it was alert of the decease and was successful interaction with the Spanish authorities.
The alarm was raised astatine astir 19:30 section clip (18:30BST) connected Saturday, and the pistillate was aboriginal declared dormant astatine the scene.
The pistillate and her companion - a 53-year-old antheral who was unharmed - were descending successful the country of the Gran Diagonal, Spanish quality outlet El País reported.
Members of the Mountain Rescue and Intervention Group (GREIM) attended the scene, arsenic good arsenic the Huesca Air Unit.
The woman, a British nationalist who lived successful Finland, was pronounced dormant and her assemblage was taken to Zaragoza's Forensic Medicine Institute for a post-mortem.
A Foreign Office spokesperson said: "We are alert of a British pistillate who has died successful Spain and are successful interaction with the section authorities".
An probe is ongoing, a spokesperson for the Civil Guard told The Sun.
They said a study would beryllium sent to a "local investigating tribunal on with the post-mortem results".
The woman's decease is being treated by the unit arsenic a "tragic mishap resulting from a fall", they said.
The incidental follows respective different interventions by the Civil Guard's upland squad successful the Pyrenees successful the past week.
Between 26 May and 30 May, the GREIM carried retired 9 upland rescues.
On Monday, the Civil Guard called for hikers to instrumentality information precautions earlier heading retired into the mountains.
It encouraged them to bring capable water, instrumentality charged electronics with determination settings enabled, deterioration prima protection, and to cheque the way and upwind earlier mounting off.
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