Andorra la VellaThe search for the manresana is stopped Txell Fusté and the berguedà Esteve Carbonellmissing in the French Pyrenees since December 7, during the weekend, after the operative entered a new, more intermittent and less intensive search phase this week. Despite this, flying over the area by helicopter is not ruled out. Relatives say that the groups of volunteers who have also been searching for the couple for the past few days have also withdrawn. “At the moment there is a lot of snow, the weather is not cooperating”emphasizes the sister of the missing, Angels Fusté
After fourteen days since his disappearance while climbing the Rulhe peak, 2,783 meters high, the operation is losing intensity. Added to this is the weather factor which further complicates the research task. The cold, the large amounts of snow currently in the area and the fact that it is a very large area means that it is “like looking for a needle in a haystack”as he reiterated Angels Fusté a Region 7.
Unsuccessful tracking
Both the rescue teams and groups of volunteers, made up mainly of off-duty firefighters, as well as expert mountaineers, have tracked during this week the area where the couple’s mobile phone signal was lost, a few meters from reaching on top of Rulhe. In addition, from the middle of this week, the French Gendarmerie undertook trips with dogs in the same area, although without results.
During the fourteen days of search, the relatives of the two missing have expressed their deep gratitude to all those who contribute to their search, both the rescue teams and the volunteer groups.
snow storm
The two missing are Txell Fusté Gamisans, 52 years old, resident of Manresa and director of the Entrena Diferent center, and his colleague, Puig-Reigenc Esteve Carbonell, 46 years old, resident of Gironella and electrical engineer at Constructora de Calaf. While they were climbing the Rulhe peak, 2,783 meters high, in the Arieja area, in Occitanie, they lost track in the middle of a day of snowstorm and strong winds in the Pyrenees. The last news that their relatives had of them was on Saturday at noon, when they were ascending the mountain.
French rescue teams, after tracing the route they followed through signals on the location of their mobile devices, have retraced their steps. In the same way, they traced alternative paths where they could have gone, also taking into account nearby shelters, cabins and caves. Despite efforts, no trace has yet been found.