Mountain Climber Falls to Death in Bulgaria's Vratsata Gorge

Society » INCIDENTS | September 22, 2014, Monday // 12:56
Bulgaria: Mountain Climber Falls to Death in Bulgaria's Vratsata Gorge Vratsata Gorge in Bulgaria's Balkan Mountains. Photo by wikipedia.org.

A 56-year-old climber has died after falling from a rock in Bulgaria's Vratsata Gorge in the Balkan Mountains Sunday night, the press office of the Interior Ministry informs.

The man with the initials I.M. was a resident of Sofia. He went climbing without having a labeled, marked and secured route.

Falling from a height of 20 m, the mountaineer received numerous head injuries. He was transported to the emergency care unit in the town of Vratsa, where later he died.

Pretrial proceeding has been launched.

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Tags: Vratsata Gorge, climber, Balkan Mountains, head injuries, mountaineer

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