Pilgrim dies of heart attack

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http://www.elnortedecastilla.es/leon/201506/20/fallece-peregrino-infarto-camino-20150620133638.html

 

[Cam1952]

Very sad news. My thoughts to the family.......

 

[David]

How sad. I suppose that as numbers increase we must expect even more of these reports, but how sad.

 

[Bernard duffy]

Sorry my Spanish is rubbis,does it say how this gentleman was and where he died,thank you.

 

[mspath]

Sorry my Spanish is rubbis,does it say how this gentleman was and where he died,thank you.

Unfortunately this pilgrim died of a heart attack on the CF way up to O Cebreiro between Las Herrerias and La Fabla.

 

[Bernard duffy]

Unfortunately this pilgrim died of a heart attack on the CF way up to O Cebreiro between Las Herrerias and La Fabla.

Sad news indeed,was he old ?

 

[mspath]

The age of the pilgrim is not given. The path is quite steep where he was stricken.

 

[Bernard duffy]

My thoughts are with his family and friends and also those pilgrims he may have been with.

 

[Waka]

My thoughts and prayers go with the family.

 

[Peter Fransiscus]

Very sad news, my thoughts are with the family and friends, Peter.

 

[Castilian]

was he old ?

35 years old. His brother, 21 years old, was making the camino too (although -from Astorga- they weren't walking together) and (was who) identified the corpse.

www.elbierzodigital.com/fallece-un-peregrino-frances-de-35-anos-entre-la-faba-y-herrerias/93502

 

[mamodavis]

May He R.I.P. My thoughts are with his poor family So many people dyeing so young.

 

[Bernard duffy]

35 years old. His brother, 21 years old, was making the camino too (although -from Astorga- they weren't walking together) and (was who) identified the corpse.

www.elbierzodigital.com/fallece-un-peregrino-frances-de-35-anos-entre-la-faba-y-herrerias/93502

Oh my,way too young

 

[cher99840]

Very sad. Second this year I think. Wasn't a 66 year old found in the Pyrenees earlier this year?

 

[pilgrim b]

So sorry to hear this sad story and so young may he rest in peace and his parents and brother receive strength to cope with their loss.

 

[William Garza]

Sad news
As a tear falls
I wonder
He passed doing what in his heart,felt good and right.
Surely the gates of Heaven open to such as these...
Santiagos hand on his shoulder as smiling,leads him home
My sincere condolences to his familia

 

[Castilian]

Second this year I think. Wasn't a 66 year old found in the Pyrenees earlier this year?

Yes, another pilgrim (I don't recall his age) died on the Pyrenees. There are at least two more deaths this year. In early June another pilgrim died after being hitted by a car in O Pino. In May, a German pilgrim died when was swimming in Fisterra...

 

[fernandezr]

Sad news
As a tear falls
I wonder
He passed doing what in his heart,felt good and right.
Surely the gates of Heaven open to such as these...
Santiagos hand on his shoulder as smiling,leads him home
My sincere condolences to his familia

William:
Beautifully stated and warming sentiments that give comfort to those who grieve.
Thanks for this.
Bob

 

[november_moon]

I've been thinking about this pilgrim who died of a heart attack since I first learned about it. You usually don't hear of people that young suffering heart attacks. It makes me wonder if he had a weakness in his heart that he just didn't know about and the stress from this climb was just too much for him.

 

[MTtoCamino]

I pray his brother & family find peace knowing he is now part of the trail of souls.

 

[El Gallo]

http://www.elnortedecastilla.es/leon/201506/20/fallece-peregrino-infarto-camino-20150620133638.html

Thanks for posting. Always sad to hear.

 

[Stephen]

Sad news and more so when we hear the death is that of a young person.
RIP.

 

[Introibo]

May the angels welcome him into paradise
and the martyrs rejoice at his coming

 

[nathanael]

Unfortunately this pilgrim died of a heart attack on the CF way up to O Cebreiro between Las Herrerias and La Fabla.

RIP sad but he did what he wanted to do..that is a rough climb

 

[nathanael]

May He R.I.P. My thoughts are with his poor family So many people dyeing so young.

In 20010 when I was doing Camino del Norte a man from Barcelona was found dead in the Hostal in Aviles unable to wake him and was discovered he had died of a heart attack in his mid-late sixties...it happens my friends..if I die on the Camino I have requested to be buried here rather tha return to Canada. Rip on this man who recently and on his family so young

 

[waveprof]

a German pilgrim died when was swimming in Fisterra...

Do we have any information or details about this? I hadn't heard of this one....

 

[Angelo]

The ascent to La Faba from Las Herrerias is steep and on a hot day would be very challenging. Perhaps he had a pre-existing cardiac condition. Maybe he didn't know he had one. Sad news. May he rest in Peace.

 

[Castilian]

Do we have any information or details about this? I hadn't heard of this one....

www.lavozdegalicia.es/noticia/carballo/fisterra/2015/05/31/rastro-peregrino-aleman-vieron-ultima-vez-playa-langosteira/00031433070037913102370.htm

www.lavozdegalicia.es/noticia/carballo/fisterra/2015/06/17/recuperan-cuerpo-peregrino-aleman-desaparecido-fisterra/00031434563482998294645.htm

 

[sillydoll]

For a few years I've kept a blog post going on pilgrim memorials.

http://amawalker.blogspot.com/2012/08/memorials-pilgrims-who-died-on-camino.html

 

[nathanael]

Very sad news. My thoughts to the family.......

why is it that we no literately nothing of this tragedy such as place country of pilgrim.

 

[lunaburgos]

For a few years I've kept a blog post going on pilgrim memorials.

http://amawalker.blogspot.com/2012/08/memorials-pilgrims-who-died-on-camino.html

It is difficult to learn about a fellow pilgrim being killed or otherwise unexpectedly leaving the Way. Thank you for keeping the memorial to those who died, I think we can all learn from them and also know they are not forgotten. Blessings.

 

[Anniesantiago]

For a few years I've kept a blog post going on pilgrim memorials.

http://amawalker.blogspot.com/2012/08/memorials-pilgrims-who-died-on-camino.html

Wow Sil. I had no idea this many pilgrims had died on the Camino, nor did I know you had this blog post.
Thanks for doing this!

 

[Anemone del Camino]

For a few years I've kept a blog post going on pilgrim memorials.

http://amawalker.blogspot.com/2012/08/memorials-pilgrims-who-died-on-camino.html

Sillydoll, here is another one for your list: a friend of my late father's, François Lefebvre. 2010.

François was an ingeneer at the "local" nuclear plant. While he worked full time and raised his family he also kept the family farm alive with his wife, his brother and her sister (the boys married the girls). Upon retiring, or when he was about to, he won the lotery. It was not an obscence amount of money, but enough to guarantee his retirement living well, and leaving something to his daughters. With that money he and his wife travelled once or twice a year. One of those trips, one of the first ones, was the Camino.

Only a few days after leaving SJPP he woke up feeling tired. His wife suggested they take a day off and rest. He said no, let's just walk. And they did, until he collapsed, litterally on the Camino. I wish I could remember exactly where, but perhaps around Estella, or Puente la Reina.

Carpe diem...