Climber died after 20-metre fall on holiday with father
A climber died after falling 20 metres to his death while on holiday with his father in Spain, an inquest has heard.
Zachary Cook, 22, was climbing a route with his father, Jonathan, in Malaga when he fell 20 metres and suffered fatal injuries.
Avon Coroner's Court heard the video games programmer, from Winterbourne, South Gloucestershire, was on a climbing holiday when he died on Dec 11 last year.
Alexis Camp, the coroner's officer, told the hearing in a written statement: 'They were climbing a route that required them to have two safety clips on their person and on the safety wires on the rock face.
'Prior to the start of the climb, they were informed to only unclip one of the safety clips from the safety wire at any one time and never to unclip both safety clips at the same time.
'Around halfway through the route, Zachary unclipped both of his safety clips from the safety wire, which resulted in him falling around 20 metres below.'
The court heard that a group of medics were in the vicinity and went to Cook's aid but he died later at the scene.
Dr Peter Harrowing, the area coroner, said a post-mortem examination was conducted in Spain and gave Cook's cause of death as poly-trauma resulting from the fall.
Mr Harrowing, who recorded a conclusion of misadventure, said: 'The family have no concerns surrounding any of the treatment or care received by Zachary from any of the medical professionals involved.
'They believe this was a terrible accident and nothing more could have been done.'
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