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Isak Andic, the founder of Spanish fashion brand Mango, arrives at the Fall-Winter 2011 Mango's fashion show in Paris, May 17, 2011. (AP/Thibault Camus, File)
December 15, 2024, 4:42 am
Isak Andic, founder of Spanish fashion brand Mango, dies in hiking accident, aged 71
Jewish billionaire reportedly falls from 150-meter cliff near Barcelona; Spanish PM lauds him for his ‘hard work and business vision’
By Agencies
Sagi Ayalot speaking with Channel 12 on October 25, 2022. (Screenshot; used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
October 26, 2022, 12:52 pm
Israeli hiker recounts spending 16 hours injured, alone on freezing Georgia mountain
Sagi Ayalot never lost hope his friends would manage to call for help after 30-meter fall down snowy cliff in country’s north; chopper finally spotted him on following morning
By Ash Obel
Illustrative: A military helicopter holding a 669 Search & Rescue crewman and a stranded hiker over a flooded riverbed in southern Israel, November 9, 2018. (Courtesy: IDF)
June 18, 2022, 4:11 pm
Elderly man drowns in Jordan River; woman rescued after falling into Banias Stream
Three others hurt on Haifa, Ashkelon and Tel Aviv beaches, latest in series of water-related accidents; on Friday, a 15-year-old died in hospital after drowning in the Jordan River
By ToI Staff
Peretz Giladi, who died while rescuing a family of hikers in Nahal Amud, onSeptemebt 22, 2021. (Courtesy of family via Nature and Parks Authority)
September 22, 2021, 1:27 pm
Park volunteer dies in fall while rescuing family of hikers who ran out of water
Peretz Giladi, 72, trips when helping family in Amud Stream Nature Reserve; Giladi had obtained ministerial permission to continue volunteering for rescue unit despite his age
By ToI Staff
This Friday, Nov. 13, 2020, photo provided by University of Washington Medicine shows rescued hiker Michael Knapinski, 45, of Woodinville, Wash., recovering at Harborview Medical Center in Seattle. (Susan Gregg/University of Washington Medicine via AP)
November 15, 2020, 1:52 am
Seattle hiker dies in ER — and is brought back to life
Michael Knapinski’s heart stopped for 45 minutes before doctors were able to revive him with artificial life support; two days later, he woke up
By AP
Rescue workers retrieve the body of a 70-year old hiker who died after falling off a cliff at a nature reserve near the Dead Sea on Thursday. (Screenshot)
January 2, 2020, 9:20 pm
70-year-old man falls to his death while hiking near Dead Sea
Accident comes only months after a 21-year-old died in a fall from a 30-meter cliff in the Judean Desert
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: Hikers near the Dead Sea, May 15, 2009. (Moshe Shai/Flash90)
October 29, 2019, 3:15 am
Hiker dies in fall from cliff near Dead Sea
After hours of search efforts, rescuers find body of 21-year-old Yerachmiel Yeshayahu, who plummeted off 30-meter ledge in Judean Desert
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: A hiking trail in Spain's Pyrenees mountains. (CC BY-SA 3.0, Myrabella, Wikimedia Commons)
September 9, 2019, 1:31 pm
Israeli tourist falls to his death while hiking in Spain
Embassy in Madrid working to return the body of 22-year-old Suf Adler, who reportedly plunged 30 meters at the Sierra de Guara mountains
By ToI Staff
View of the Jezreel Valley from Mount Gilboa in northern Israel, May 21, 2016. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
November 2, 2017, 11:17 pm
Man dies after falling off cliff in northern Israel
First responders rescue his wife who was climbing with him; separately, man dies in zipline accident
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: A hiking trail in Spain's Pyrenees mountains. (CC BY-SA 3.0, Myrabella, Wikimedia Commons)
September 13, 2017, 11:15 am
Israeli man dies while hiking in Spain’s Pyrenees
Embassy in Madrid working to return to Israel the body of 28-year-old who reportedly succumbed to hypothermia after losing his way
By ToI Staff
Yonatan Adler (Courtesy)
July 21, 2017, 6:38 pm
Israeli hiker found dead in river in Georgia
Yonatan Adler, 18, from Jerusalem, apparently fell while crossing a bridge; dozens of Israelis took part in search
By ToI Staff
The Gangotri glacier in the Himalayas, a popular trekking destination. An Israeli hiker was killed in October 2016 when he fell into a gorge on a trek to the glacier. (Wikimedia Commons/Priyanath/CC BY-SA 3.0)
October 19, 2016, 7:08 pm
Israeli hiker killed in fall in Himalayas
56-year-old Ariel Frajman was trekking in northern India with wife and son when he fell into a gorge
By ToI Staff
Israelis swim in a natural spring in the outskirts of Jerusalem during Passover on Sunday, April 24, 2016 (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
April 24, 2016, 11:36 pm
Passover vacationers throng beaches, hiking trails
Authorities restrict access to Sea of Galilee as tens of thousands descend on area
By ToI Staff
An image of the trail at Valea lui Stan, a narrow valley with huge cliffs and natural streams in Romania's Fagaras Mountains.
September 29, 2015, 7:04 pm
Israeli dies in fall during Romania mountain trek
Tour guide Noam Avnon drowned while helping a hiker on a treacherous trail; 24 Israelis rescued from landslide in Morocco
By ToI Staff and AP
Briana McHam, the 20 year old American tourist who plunged to her death at Masada, May 19, 2015. (Facebook/briana.mcham)
May 19, 2015, 5:14 pm
American tourist, 20, plunges to death at Masada
In separate incident, 56 US students extricated from hike in southern Israel amid searingly hot weather
By Jonathan Beck and Marissa Newman
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