A climber’s 42nd birthday celebrations ended in tragedy after she plunged 2,000ft to her death down a volcano in Chile.
Ingrid Daniela Vera Figueroa was climbing the Llaima volcano in the Conguillío National Park with a group of friends to celebrate her birthday when she fell last Sunday.
The mother-of-two, who worked as a school governor at Alexander Graham Bell School in Villarrica City, had been taking photos on the ascent when she released her ice pick, lost her balance and fell down a steep ravine, according to reports.
Just hours before scaling one of Chile’s most active volcanoes, Figueroa had posted a message
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