A 33-year-old man Spanish man died on Saturday morning after falling some forty metres in the Tramuntana Mountains.

He was with a group of fellow hikers in Fornalutx. Around 9am, it would appear that he leaned over a precipice, slipped and fell.

The emergency services were called immediately. Fire brigade and Guardia Civil rescue units went to the scene, and a Guardia helicopter was called in. However, all that the helicopter could do was to recover the hiker's body.

He has been named as Lluis Martínez Castañer. From Soller, he was well known in the town for a fruit and vegetable stall he had at the market. He was passionate about the mountains and mountain activities. On learning the news, the Balearic Mountaineering Foundation posted a message on social media mourning his loss and adding: "The mountains are beautiful, but at the same time they can be cruel and merciless."