A Uruguayan tourist who was walking the area of the trails that lead to Mount Fitz Roy, in the province of Santa Cruz, was rescued by the High Mountain Specialized Group (GEAM) of the National Gendarmerie, after suffering severe blows to her head and lose consciousness.
The 56-year-old woman
was admitted to intensive care
at a hospital in El Calafate.
According to the information provided by the Los Glaciares National Park administration, the episode occurred on Thursday in
an area near the Laguna de los Tres
.
She received first aid from guides who were passing through the area and was later attended by personnel from the protected area.
GEAM troops, members of the "El Chaltén" Section, dependent on Squadron 42 Calafate, were alerted to the accident and began patrolling
on foot to the area
.
Upon arrival, they found the woman, who had marked muscle fatigue.
The gendarmes provided assistance to the victim and
moved her on a stretcher 10 kilometers
to the town of El Chaltén and then she was taken by ambulance to the local hospital.
She was then referred to the El Calafate SAMIC High Complexity Hospital, where she was diagnosed with "closed brain injury," according to La Mañana de Neuquén.
The Uruguayan tourist was referred to the El Calafate SAMIC High Complexity Hospital.
Photo Gendarmerie.
Previously, in the steepest section, from where it fell to El Pilar, a total of 16 people had been evacuated, including Fire Brigade, Communications and Emergencies (ICE).
As reported by the official Facebook account of Los Glaciares National Park, "
the trail is very popular among people who visit the area
. In any case, they clarify that facing the journey "requires good planning that implies considering the schedules, the physical effort that it demands, the climatic conditions and also the food and the appropriate clothing to wear”.
They also suggest that "in the face of any inconvenience it is important to have a first-aid kit, shelter, and extra food to accompany someone who has a mishap or to protect one's own body in a natural mountain environment, far from the tourist town of El Chaltén."
The Fitz Roy or Cerro Chaltén, whose trails the Uruguayan tourist walked, is considered "extremely difficult."
El Fitz Roy or Cerro Chaltén, according to the description of the official site of El Calafate, "is
a mountain 3405 meters above sea level
located to the east of the South Patagonian ice field, on the border between Argentina and Chile in Patagonia, near the town of El Chaltén”, which has the reputation of being
“extremely difficult”
.
As explained, "it presents enormous expanses of almost vertical, polished and slippery slabs on which enormously strong winds constantly beat, requiring maximum technical expertise on the part of the climber."
One death from a landslide in El Chaltén
A
young doctor from Bariloche
who was climbing in El Chaltén (Santa Cruz) died earlier this month when a stone fell from the mountain causing serious injuries.
The victim was identified by Marcos Gorostiaga, a 28-year-old clinician and preventionist who lived in the Andean city.
His body was rescued by a group of experts accompanied by an Argentine Army helicopter.
As was learned, Gorostiaga
was climbing with a friend on Cerro Torre
, when a stone fell on him and dragged him for approximately 50 meters.
His partner was located some 80 meters away and was able to communicate by VHF radio with the El Chaltén Rescue Commission and Civil Protection, which began the rescue procedure.
The shares benefited from the prevailing good weather, but when they arrived at the accident sector the young man had already died.
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