Three Spanish mountain climbers die in avalanche

23 Jun, 2015

Three young Spanish climbers died in an avalanche while climbing in Kyrgyzstan, their mountaineering club said Monday. The three men, aged between 18 and 24, died on Sunday while climbing a rock face in the Central Asian country's Ala Archa National Park, the Federation of Hiking Groups of Catalonia said in a statement. They were part of a group of ten mountaineers from Spain's north-eastern region of Catalonia, who were in Kyrgyzstan on a month-long trip.

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