Suspended in the void, mountaineer recovered from the helicopter rescue

Together with his partner he was tackling the Via delle guide in Cortina, when on his return he took the wrong path. The ropes finished, the woman was suspended in the void above an overhang

CORTINA D’AMPEZZO. Taiwanese mountaineer, suspended in the void at the end of the ropes, a hundred meters above the ground, recovered on the evening of Friday 11 June together with her companion from the Suem di Pieve di Cadore helicopter.

The rescue intervention against a consortium in great difficulty on the Torre Piccola di Falzarego ended shortly before 9 pm. The couple, 26 years old from Taiwan, 34 years old, Austrian, after having climbed the Via delle Guide made a mistake to abseil back on the wall until, completely off the correct track, the girl found herself in the void, at the end of the ropes , above an overhang.

The medical team disembarked at the base camp on Falzarego, after having identified the point where the couple were with an overflight, the helicopter returned to altitude and lowered the helicopter rescue technician with a 50-meter winch, to provide for recovery of the climber, after having secured her to himself and severed her ropes. The companion, who was parked above, was also loaded on board immediately afterwards. Both were left at the Falzarego Pass.