“Carlos Soria is in Kathmandu. This Thursday morning he was transferred by helicopter from the Dhaulagiri CII. He is in the hospital in the Nepalese capital receiving the first treatments and diagnosis. Thank you all very much for your support”, they pointed out from the official 'Twitter' account of Avila.

The 84-year-old Spanish mountaineer veteran suffered an accident on Tuesday when he was trying to reach the top of Dhaulagiri, one of the 'eight thousandths' of the Himalayas, which caused him an injury to his tibia after a sherpa fell on top of it. he.

Soria was evacuated to Camp III where he was waiting to be evacuated. The man from Avila left at the end of last March with an expedition to try to reach the top of the 8,167-meter mountain, one of the 14 'eight thousand' that remain to be conquered along with Shishapangma. Bad weather had delayed his attempt for more than a month and a half until this Tuesday he was able to start the final ascent.