Climber died in fall during holiday with father, inquest hears

A climber died after falling 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 on 11 December last year. The video games programmer, from Winterbourne, South Gloucestershire, had "unclipped both of his safety clips" before the fall, Avon Coroner's Court heard.

Coroner's officer Alexis Camp 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 went to Mr Cook's aid, but he died at the scene. Area coroner Dr Peter Harrowing said a post-mortem was conducted in Spain and gave Mr Cook's cause of death as polytrauma resulting from the fall.

Read more from Sky News:Violin worth £150,000 stolen from London pubStunning first images from powerful space telescope Mr Harrowing 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." He recorded a conclusion of misadventure, adding: "He fell around 20 metres while climbing causing him to suffer traumatic injuries.

"The conclusion as to the death based on the evidence will be recorded as misadventure.".