A lot of emotion in Lans-en-Vercors at the funeral of Sabine Lorne, the caving guide who died during a rescue

Speleologist Sabine Lorne was buried this Friday afternoon at her home in Lans-en-Vercors. The church was full and chairs had been set up in the square so that everyone could follow the ceremony, which was broadcast outside through loudspeakers.

A photo exhibition of Sabine’s lifewith family, with her friends, in the mountains, underground, had also been organized with many drawings of children, to whom she had taught to ski, because she was also a cross-country ski instructor.

A very moving ceremony

Sabine Lorne, 55, died on May 5 at the Cuves de Sassenage. She was accompanying a school outing, when the group was surprised by a sudden rise in water. The speleologist then saved a schoolgirl, before being swept away by the waves.

Her family took the floor, in turn to tell Sabine, the handyman, who liked to fix up the houses where she lived, Sabine, the explorer, who loved to share her passion for the mountains and caving or even Sabine the mysterious , who, modest, also had her secret garden, while she loved being surrounded by her friends and loved ones.

Sabine was a mother of three children. One of his daughters dedicated a poem to him: “TO who carried me in your womb, I carry you in my heart.“

A star in the Vercors sky

The assistance was collected. Thierry Larribe, the boss of the caving rescue in Isère, told, sobs in his voice, a great professional, affectionately named, Smurfette.

“You are now our star of the Vercors, up there, who takes care of us.” His companion, overwhelmed with grief, had a text read to express all his love. A reading that ended with the song “I promise you” by Johnny Hallyday.

On the steps of the church, many flowers, wildflowers that she loved so much. All, believers or atheists, were there to share the same sorrow, that of having lost a sister, a mother, a wife, a colleague, a friend. The registers of condolences were quickly filled.

At the end of the ceremony, red sweaters and cavers, helmets on their heads, made a guard of honor at Sabine’s coffin, applauding her.

She now rests in the small cemetery of Lans-en-Vercors