The household of a retired British physician have issued an pressing attraction after he went lacking within the French Pyrenees virtually 48 hours in the past.
Tom Doherty, 67, from St Albans was climbing and tenting close to Col d’Escots when his household misplaced contact with him on Tuesday night, simply after he despatched messages saying he had fallen and couldn’t transfer.
A search is underway involving canines and helicopters. His daughter, Rachel Doherty, stated a search get together has recovered his tent and automobile. She stated the household had final heard from Doherty at simply after 7pm on 6 August on WhatsApp. He set off on the hike on 3 August.
He despatched them messages asking for assist and advised them he had fallen and couldn’t transfer. Rachel Doherty stated: “He was sending us a number of footage of the surroundings after which on Tuesday afternoon despatched us certainly one of clouds coming excessive of a mountain. He stated ‘bugger’.
“We advised him to watch out and urged him to return down. The final time we heard from him was Tuesday. He advised us he had fallen and couldn’t transfer. That’s all we’ve had since. The search get together have discovered a tent and his automobile. We’re clearly very fearful and intensely involved for his welfare.”
The grandfather of 1 has been described as an avid and skilled walker. His spouse and certainly one of his 4 daughters have been at his final identified location since Wednesday morning. Rachel Doherty can be now heading to France to affix the search get together.
In response to his household, the retired physician was a revered advisor of tropical drugs who labored world wide and specialised in malaria.
Since retiring virtually a decade in the past, he has spent most of his time in France. The Overseas, Commonwealth and Improvement Workplace has been approached for remark.
Clare Carlile, a pal of certainly one of Doherty’s daughters, posted a lacking particular person’s attraction on the climbing and mountaineering web site UKClimbing on Tuesday night.
She stated: “My pal’s dad has gone lacking within the French Pyrenees. Does anybody know the place this picture is from to attempt to assist find him? He despatched a message at 4pm this afternoon saying he had fallen whereas climbing and couldn’t transfer. We’ve got not been capable of get in touch with him since.
“He’s prone to be in/near Ariège, within the Occitanie area. His final identified location was Étang du Comté, the place we’ve positioned a picture from Sunday.
“The picture shared is from Saturday – we are attempting to work out his route of journey in case it offers some concept of the place he could also be now. He despatched a message through the day saying he was ‘someplace close to Ax-Les-Thermes’. We’re in touch with the British embassy for France, who’re alerting the police.”
The put up additionally included photographs of Tom Doherty, and one of many final photographs he despatched to his household, which may supply a clue to his location.
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