Fatal was the journey of a 14 -year -old from the Mexicowho decided to go up alone, with no driver and appropriate equipment in the volcano Istacutl. The child frozen from the cold and died at an altitude of about 4,780 meters.
A risky decision was made by Paolo Sanchez Carrasco, who eventually claimed his life. The 14 -year -old went to the Istakatl volcano located in Mexico, the third highest peak of the country, with an altitude of 5,213 meters which is considered technically difficult to climb.
Paolo, according to the authorities, traveled from the city of Mexico to the volcano on July 12th. It is unknown how it got there, as the route is about 90 minutes by car from the capital.
Creepy causes the video uploaded to social media by the minor a few hours dies, stating that the temperature where he was about -2 ° C at night, that he had no sleeping bag and that he was not near a shelter.
“And the worst thing is that I will freeze. I didn’t even bring a sleeping bag and I’m far from the shelter. The next one is there, but it’s on the other side of the mountain, “he said in the last video he uploaded before he died of the cold.
The fate of 14 -year -old Paolo was missing for 3 days, but rescuers who were trying to find him, eventually identified his body, saying his death was reportedly due to hypothermia.
A woman who was in a mountaineering group at the Istakatl volcano at the same time as Paolo said: “Just when we arrived in the second pass, a storm hit. We had to camp next to a rock. Unfortunately, we were very wet and we had no choice but to find refuge on our stage – that prevented us from moving forward. “
According to the Mexican authorities, routes to the top of the mountain include unstable rocks, steep slopes and ice and snow areas, as Needtoknow reports.
The weather changes abruptly even in summer. Experts point out that complete mountaineering equipment and accompaniment to experienced drivers and that it is important to adapt to altitude.