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Slipped on an icy path: woman had an accident while hiking in the Alps - mountain rescue team on duty for hours

2020-12-02T23:28:13.376Z


On Sunday a mountaineer was out and about in the Berchtesgaden Alps. She slipped on an icy trail - and hit a stone.


On Sunday a mountaineer was out and about in the Berchtesgaden Alps.

She slipped on an icy trail - and hit a stone.

  • A 57-year-old mountaineer had an accident on an icy hiking trail at the weekend.

  • Because the scene of the accident was surrounded by thick fog, a helicopter could not fly to the victim.

  • The mountain rescue service was on duty for a good three hours.

Bad Reichenhall - While

hiking

in the

Berchtesgaden Alps

, a woman fell on an

icy path

at the weekend

.

The

57-year-old had to be rescued

by the

mountain rescue

service.

The

mission

lasted several hours.

Bad Reichenhall: mountaineer slips on an icy hiking trail - and has to be rescued

The incident occurred on Sunday below the Zwiesel summit near

Bad Reichenhall

, reports the

Bavarian Red Cross

.

The

climber slipped

on an

icy hiking trail

, fell - and hit a stone.

She broke her forearm in the process.

First, her companions and a

mountain rescuer

who

happened to be present tried to get down

with the injured person on foot.

Accidental mountaineer in Bad Reichenhall: thick fog prevents rescue by helicopter

However, when the woman complained of increasing pain and

circulatory problems

, the group called the 911 around 2 p.m.

Since the scene of the accident was in a

thick layer of fog

, no helicopter could fly to the climber who had died.

+

The mountain rescue service was on duty for three hours to rescue an injured mountaineer on Sunday.

© BRK Berchtesgadener Land.

13 men and women of the mountain rescue team

climbed up

to the

victim

on foot

, cared for the 57-year-old and transported her down

to a

 clinic

on partly

 icy roads

.

The mission lasted a good three hours.

Bad Reichenhall: The mountain rescue service takes a good three hours

Sunny November also attracted many Munich residents to the mountains.

During a hike in the Karwendel Mountains, a couple got lost in deep snow - and had to be rescued.

Because of the mass rush in Corona times, however, one municipality prohibits cycling on a popular Upper Bavarian lake.

The aim is to better guide the many visitors in the future.

(kof)

Source: merkur

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