Belgian pilgrim died on the Camino.

[SabsP]

Unfortunately a Belgian pilgrim died due to heatstroke and general failing of organs.
He was a dad of two adult children.He was a teacher in Leuven.

Zanger en acteur Iwein Segers verliest broer na zonneslag en orgaanfalen in Spanje

Lander Segers (48), broer van zanger en acteur Iwein, is in Spanje overleden. Tijdens een staptocht naar Compostela werd hij geveld door een zonneslag en hij stierf een dag later in het ziekenhuis aan orgaanfalen.

www.demorgen.be

 

[malingerer]

Unfortunately a Belgian pilgrim died due to heatstroke and general failing of organs.
He was a dad of two adult children.He was a teacher in Leuven.

Zanger en acteur Iwein Segers verliest broer na zonneslag en orgaanfalen in Spanje

Lander Segers (48), broer van zanger en acteur Iwein, is in Spanje overleden. Tijdens een staptocht naar Compostela werd hij geveld door een zonneslag en hij stierf een dag later in het ziekenhuis aan orgaanfalen.

www.demorgen.be

R.I.P Vaya con Dios.

Samarkand.

 

[Former member 49149]

Rip. And prayer for all who mourn his loss in their lives.

 

[J Willhaus]

So sorry to hear. It could be any of us in this weather. Prayers for the family.

 

[SabsP]

So sorry to hear. It could be any of us in this weather. Prayers for the family.

Exactly. He was in good health and seems it was a combination of different factors.
In another newspaper an ER doc explained how " sneaky" a heatstroke can work.

 

[nycwalking]

R.I.P. pilgrim.

May his family find peace and strength during this time.

 

[domigee]

Unfortunately a Belgian pilgrim died due to heatstroke and general failing of organs.
He was a dad of two adult children.He was a teacher in Leuven.

Zanger en acteur Iwein Segers verliest broer na zonneslag en orgaanfalen in Spanje

Lander Segers (48), broer van zanger en acteur Iwein, is in Spanje overleden. Tijdens een staptocht naar Compostela werd hij geveld door een zonneslag en hij stierf een dag later in het ziekenhuis aan orgaanfalen.

www.demorgen.be

Oh noooo How tragic. R.I.P pilgrim and solace to your family

 

[Anamiri]

Unfortunately a Belgian pilgrim died due to heatstroke and general failing of organs.
He was a dad of two adult children.He was a teacher in Leuven.

Zanger en acteur Iwein Segers verliest broer na zonneslag en orgaanfalen in Spanje

Lander Segers (48), broer van zanger en acteur Iwein, is in Spanje overleden. Tijdens een staptocht naar Compostela werd hij geveld door een zonneslag en hij stierf een dag later in het ziekenhuis aan orgaanfalen.

www.demorgen.be

Gosh, wasn't he young?

 

[Bradypus]

Gosh, wasn't he young?

Four years ago a 40 year old German man died near Cañaveral while walking the Via de la Plata during a heatwave. Even the young and fit are at risk when facing such extreme temperatures.

 

[VNwalking]

So very sad.
RIP, peregrino.

May his passing at least save someone else's life, out there in the heat. Take care, everyone.

 

[Jas_LB]

Rest In Peace, peregrino.

Prayers for your soul and all your loved ones.

 

[Bala]

So sorry to read this. Rest in peace, pilgrim. And peace and comfort to your family.

 

[SantiagoCruzB]

Requiescet in pace Lander Segers! Deus benedicat!

 

[Roland49]

RIP fellow pilgrim!

Peace and comfort to his family!

 

[Peter Fransiscus]

Rest in Peace 🕊 Peregrino 🕯

 

[LTfit]

Unfortunately a Belgian pilgrim died due to heatstroke and general failing of organs.
He was a dad of two adult children.He was a teacher in Leuven.

Zanger en acteur Iwein Segers verliest broer na zonneslag en orgaanfalen in Spanje

Lander Segers (48), broer van zanger en acteur Iwein, is in Spanje overleden. Tijdens een staptocht naar Compostela werd hij geveld door een zonneslag en hij stierf een dag later in het ziekenhuis aan orgaanfalen.

www.demorgen.be

Just read this and before seeing your post, sent you a link from a Belgium newspaper article.

 

[JohnLloyd]

What dreadful news.

 

[IngridF]

This is so sad. RIP!

 

[PilgrimJames]

Unfortunately a Belgian pilgrim died due to heatstroke and general failing of organs.
He was a dad of two adult children.He was a teacher in Leuven.

Zanger en acteur Iwein Segers verliest broer na zonneslag en orgaanfalen in Spanje

Lander Segers (48), broer van zanger en acteur Iwein, is in Spanje overleden. Tijdens een staptocht naar Compostela werd hij geveld door een zonneslag en hij stierf een dag later in het ziekenhuis aan orgaanfalen.

www.demorgen.be

Such sad news. RIP. Condolences to his family and friends at this sad time.

 

[MichelleElynHogan]

Rust zacht, pelgrim.

 

[fransw]

Unfortunately a Belgian pilgrim died due to heatstroke and general failing of organs.
He was a dad of two adult children.He was a teacher in Leuven.

Zanger en acteur Iwein Segers verliest broer na zonneslag en orgaanfalen in Spanje

Lander Segers (48), broer van zanger en acteur Iwein, is in Spanje overleden. Tijdens een staptocht naar Compostela werd hij geveld door een zonneslag en hij stierf een dag later in het ziekenhuis aan orgaanfalen.

www.demorgen.be

I also read this sad news, where is it happened?

 

[Blackcountry pilgrim]

Unfortunately a Belgian pilgrim died due to heatstroke and general failing of organs.
He was a dad of two adult children.He was a teacher in Leuven.

Zanger en acteur Iwein Segers verliest broer na zonneslag en orgaanfalen in Spanje

Lander Segers (48), broer van zanger en acteur Iwein, is in Spanje overleden. Tijdens een staptocht naar Compostela werd hij geveld door een zonneslag en hij stierf een dag later in het ziekenhuis aan orgaanfalen.

www.demorgen.be

Such sad news Our thoughts and prayers are with his family
Please take care everyone who is walking and look out for each other

 

[Gringazolana]

Que en paz descanse

 

[SabsP]

I also read this sad news, where is it happened?

From what I gather around Roncesvalles...

 

[willydp]

Sad news
RIP

Hydrate, hydrate, ORS....eat small things, not big meals, protection, carpe diem and take a restday...

 

[kelleymac]

Sad news. My prayers for his family. Rest in peace perigrino.

 

[Sue127]

Four years ago a 40 year old German man died near Cañaveral while walking the Via de la Plata during a heatwave. Even the young and fit are at risk when facing such extreme temperatures.

We are walking now, leaving at 5am, but tomorrow's plan is nearer 4. We have met one pilgrim who had overheated and is still recovering. Temperature was taken to check for covid and he was 2 higher than normal. Take care all

 

[Sue127]

Unfortunately a Belgian pilgrim died due to heatstroke and general failing of organs.
He was a dad of two adult children.He was a teacher in Leuven.

Zanger en acteur Iwein Segers verliest broer na zonneslag en orgaanfalen in Spanje

Lander Segers (48), broer van zanger en acteur Iwein, is in Spanje overleden. Tijdens een staptocht naar Compostela werd hij geveld door een zonneslag en hij stierf een dag later in het ziekenhuis aan orgaanfalen.

www.demorgen.be

Such sad news. Rip peregrino. May your family find the support they will need.

 

[C clearly]

Some posts have been moved from this thread about the sad case of the Belgian pilgrim, to another thread Advice on Heat, which has a discussion of our experiences and advice for managing heat on the Camino. It is definitely an important topic these days!

 

[SabsP]

Just read an interview with a brother of the pilgrim and seems he made it to a local GP where immediately a helicopter was shartered to take him to the hospital.

 

[Kathy F.]

I'm so sad to read this notice. My heart goes to his family and friends who supported and cheered him on, on his Way.
No one is immune to heatstroke. Please, everyone, be careful. I'm tired of reading so many of these tragic reports. The heat can be brutal and we're in the middle of summer.
Again, comfort for his family and friends. It shouldn't have ended this way.

 

[cathietherese]

So sorry for this loss of a dear pilgrim. Condolences to his loved ones.

 

[Dinnie]

Unfortunately a Belgian pilgrim died due to heatstroke and general failing of organs.
He was a dad of two adult children.He was a teacher in Leuven.

Zanger en acteur Iwein Segers verliest broer na zonneslag en orgaanfalen in Spanje

Lander Segers (48), broer van zanger en acteur Iwein, is in Spanje overleden. Tijdens een staptocht naar Compostela werd hij geveld door een zonneslag en hij stierf een dag later in het ziekenhuis aan orgaanfalen.

www.demorgen.be

So sad. May he RIP and condolences to his family.

 

[Colleen Kathma]

So sad.
Sincere sympathies to this dear man's family on the loss of their loved one.

 

[darealdeal77]

Que Pena! So sorry to hear that! I pray for his family! He died in a Spiritual Pilgrimage, May his pilgrimage continue in a peaceful realm! Buen Camino! May GOD welcome you home!

 

[Raymond John Woolrich]

Very sad news, may he Rest in peace and rise in Glory. May our thought and prayers be with his family at this very sad and difficult time.
Please let me know if anyone knows his Name and I will arrange to have a Mass said for Him and Family in my Local Church. I will also try to have a Mass said for him by the Monks in the Monastery at Rabanal de Camion

Care Diem and live the moment Take care and stay safe .

RJ

 

[Bradypus]

Please let me know if anyone knows his Name

The pilgrim's name was Lander Segers - as stated in the news report which @SabineP linked in the OP

 

[Pronetowander]

Unfortunately a Belgian pilgrim died due to heatstroke and general failing of organs.
He was a dad of two adult children.He was a teacher in Leuven.

Zanger en acteur Iwein Segers verliest broer na zonneslag en orgaanfalen in Spanje

Lander Segers (48), broer van zanger en acteur Iwein, is in Spanje overleden. Tijdens een staptocht naar Compostela werd hij geveld door een zonneslag en hij stierf een dag later in het ziekenhuis aan orgaanfalen.

www.demorgen.be

Rest in peace dear pilgrim and I pray comfort for his family

 

[Rebekah Scott]

If the family or friends would like to memorialize him at the Pilgrim Memorial Grove, please have them get in touch.

 

[Raymond John Woolrich]

The pilgrim's name was Lander Segers - as stated in the news report which @SabineP linked in the OP

Thank you

 

[SANDRAGABRIELA]

Unfortunately a Belgian pilgrim died due to heatstroke and general failing of organs.
He was a dad of two adult children.He was a teacher in Leuven.

Zanger en acteur Iwein Segers verliest broer na zonneslag en orgaanfalen in Spanje

Lander Segers (48), broer van zanger en acteur Iwein, is in Spanje overleden. Tijdens een staptocht naar Compostela werd hij geveld door een zonneslag en hij stierf een dag later in het ziekenhuis aan orgaanfalen.

www.demorgen.be

verry sorry to hear that.prayer for the famili

 

[M&A]

Unfortunately a Belgian pilgrim died due to heatstroke and general failing of organs.
He was a dad of two adult children.He was a teacher in Leuven.

Zanger en acteur Iwein Segers verliest broer na zonneslag en orgaanfalen in Spanje

Lander Segers (48), broer van zanger en acteur Iwein, is in Spanje overleden. Tijdens een staptocht naar Compostela werd hij geveld door een zonneslag en hij stierf een dag later in het ziekenhuis aan orgaanfalen.

www.demorgen.be

So sad for the family of the deceased pilgrim. May their gentle soul RIP .

 

[Ste66]

Ar dheis Dé go raibh a anam

 

[Raymond John Woolrich]

Step66
Muchas gracias por tus hermosas palabras- At the right hand of God was his soul

 

[Bob from L.A. !]

Another pilgrim knocking at the inn above seeking a place to rest his head.

 

[NancyLee]

That last post is beautiful.
Thank you.

 

[dqduncan]

Unfortunately a Belgian pilgrim died due to heatstroke and general failing of organs.
He was a dad of two adult children.He was a teacher in Leuven.

Zanger en acteur Iwein Segers verliest broer na zonneslag en orgaanfalen in Spanje

Lander Segers (48), broer van zanger en acteur Iwein, is in Spanje overleden. Tijdens een staptocht naar Compostela werd hij geveld door een zonneslag en hij stierf een dag later in het ziekenhuis aan orgaanfalen.

www.demorgen.be

Heartbreaking. I’m so sorry to here of another fatality in the last place you would want to experience sorrow.

 

[Kathar1na]

A beautiful and touching article in the Belgian newspaper De Morgen today, actually an interview with Iwein Segers who is one of the brothers of Lander. About Lander Segers the person, about how caring and popular he was with his pupils, his friends, his bandmates, how artistic and fun he was, about plans that can now not be finished any more, and also some details about his last days in Spain and the aftermath: Interview - Beyond the loss: Iwein Segers wants to live more lovingly after the loss of brother Lander: 'His death has made me more empathetic'. [in Dutch]

 

[JohnLloyd]

A beautiful and touching article in the Belgian newspaper De Morgen today, actually an interview with Iwein Segers who is one of the brothers of Lander. About Lander Segers the person, about how caring and popular he was with his pupils, his friends, his bandmates, how artistic and fun he was, about plans that can now not be finished any more, and also some details about his last days in Spain and the aftermath: Interview - Beyond the loss: Iwein Segers wants to live more lovingly after the loss of brother Lander: 'His death has made me more empathetic'. [in Dutch]

It seems to be restricted to subscribers?

 

[SabsP]

A beautiful and touching article in the Belgian newspaper De Morgen today, actually an interview with Iwein Segers who is one of the brothers of Lander. About Lander Segers the person, about how caring and popular he was with his pupils, his friends, his bandmates, how artistic and fun he was, about plans that can now not be finished any more, and also some details about his last days in Spain and the aftermath: Interview

It seems to be restricted to subscribers?

Yes it is. I will try to copy the paper version later this weekend.

I was at a concert yesterday in Leuven and am almost certain I saw Iwein Segers. Certainly a gig his brother would have attended also.

 

[C clearly]

Oh no, this is very sad to hear. My deepest condolences to the family and friends of the deceased.

Heat stroke can be extremely dangerous, and it is heartbreaking to lose someone in such a tragic way. May his memory live on in our hearts, and his soul rest in peace.

Yes, this is a timely reminder as the next summer season approaches.