He falls for about thirty meters among the rocks of Mount Siera: mountaineer recovered by helicopter

The man has suffered several traumas but has always remained conscious

SAPPADA. The mountaineer who crashed in the late morning of Tuesday 29 March while descending from the top of Mount Siera was recovered by the technicians of the regional helicopter rescue. The man, a sixty-year-old resident in the area, has always remained conscious despite the disastrous fall. He told the rescuers that he had fallen due to the detachment of a hold during a third grade passage, unclimbing.

He lost his balance and fell for about thirty meters, tumbling on rocky crags, stopping on the edge of another jump.

Despite the various and serious traumas reported in the fall, to the face and body, he is not in danger of life: the helmet saved him.

The Alpine Rescue technicians (Sappada personnel activated), aboard the regional helicopter rescue, were landed with the winch one at a time. The helicopter rescue technician on duty on the aircraft equipped a stop and then with the help of the second technician and the on-board doctor: the injured person was then reached and stabilized on the spot before being secured in the vacuum bag and embarked.

With careful and delicate maneuvers, the stretcher was then recovered in flight together with the doctor and taken to the base camp where the ambulance was and where a second evaluation was made. With another flight, the other rescuer was also boarded together with the excursion partner of the injured person. The latter was then taken to the hospital by helicopter shortly before 3pm.

The two climbers were returning from the top of Mount Siera, traveling along the south-east side of the massif, in the direction of the Piccolo Siera.