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Related: About this forumMan tries to walk across the Pyrenees for cheap cigarettes, has to be rescued, gets fined
for breaking coronavirus lockdown:
A man has been rescued by helicopter from the Pyrenees after trying to walk from France to Spain to buy cheap cigarettes, reports say.
The local mountain rescue service said the man was found "exhausted, shivering, cold and lost" when he was eventually picked up.
Despite his ordeal, he was fined 135 euros ($146; £119) for breaking coronavirus lockdown rules.
"We remind you once more. STAY AT HOME," the regional police tweeted.
The mountain rescue service said the man, from Perpignan - about 25km (15 miles) from the Spanish border - had initially set off by car but was turned back at a checkpoint.
It said he then decided to attempt the journey on foot along a hiking path over the mountains.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-52174288
The local mountain rescue service said the man was found "exhausted, shivering, cold and lost" when he was eventually picked up.
Despite his ordeal, he was fined 135 euros ($146; £119) for breaking coronavirus lockdown rules.
"We remind you once more. STAY AT HOME," the regional police tweeted.
The mountain rescue service said the man, from Perpignan - about 25km (15 miles) from the Spanish border - had initially set off by car but was turned back at a checkpoint.
It said he then decided to attempt the journey on foot along a hiking path over the mountains.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-52174288
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Man tries to walk across the Pyrenees for cheap cigarettes, has to be rescued, gets fined (Original Post)
muriel_volestrangler
Apr 2020
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magicarpet
(14,149 posts)1. A frugal smoker.... with minimal brains.
DEbluedude
(816 posts)2. He coulda just walked a mile for a camel. n/t
dhill926
(16,337 posts)3. haha..well done...
LastDemocratInSC
(3,647 posts)4. Chuck Yeager hiked across the Pyrinees in 1944.
Escaping from the Germans who were chasing him. He finally made his way to safety in Spain.
Mopar151
(9,983 posts)5. Tough, smart, highly motivated
The original Mr Right Stuff.
Smokey De Cheapo is so wrong it's pitiful.