The hellish night time at -12ºC of 5 rescued mountaineers north of Peñalara

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A member of the group suffers a potential fracture of the femur and hip after falling down a slope Another athlete, 24 years outdated, has been transferred with signs of hypothermia.

Agents of the Civil Guard and members of the Special Height Rescue Group (GERA) of the Community of Madrid Firefighters have rescued this Saturday a bunch of mountaineers who had been trapped at daybreak within the northern space of ​​Peñalara with out the potential of descent on foot as a result of climate difficulties within the space, as reported to Europa Press by a spokesperson for Emergencies 112 Community of Madrid,

The group was made up of 5 individuals and alerted the emergency providers of Castilla y León to the scenario round 9:00 p.m. as a result of impossibility of continuous the march within the northern space of ​​Peñalara, the Madrid Civil Guard has indicated.

One of the mountaineers on this group had suffered a fall down a hillside and needed to be rescued and assisted by GREIM troops, having suffered a potential damaged femur and hip. At first he was evacuated to the refuge on the Segovian slope and, lastly, to the Segovia hospital.

#GREIM colleagues got here final night time to assist 5 mountaineers in Peñalara. They needed to spend the night time with 4 of them, and search for one other who was injured and with whom that they had misplaced contact.

Finally they had been all rescued.

Be prudent within the mountains. pic.twitter.com/a5FqtkxTk7

– Civil Guard 🇪🇸 (@guardiacivil) February 11, 2023

The GERA members of the Community Fire Department reached the mountaineers round one within the morning, with antagonistic climate situations that prevented the descent on foot as the bottom was frozen and with temperatures as little as -12 levels Celsius.

One of the individuals who made up the group was additionally weakened and lacked satisfactory materials, so he couldn’t make the descent on foot. The perching on a stretcher, on this case, was unfeasible as a result of climate situations and the complication of the terrain.

In this manner, the GERA troops have accompanied the mountaineers through the night time, to whom they’ve supplied meals and heat clothes, and early Saturday morning they’ve descended with them on foot to Cotos.

After a medical evaluation by Summa 112 well being staff, a 24-year-old lady has been transferred to a hospital middle because of hypothermia. Specifically, the Immediate Logistics Response Team of Civil Protection Volunteers in Emergencies of the Community of Madrid (ERIVE) has evacuated her to the Villalba Hospital, the place she has been admitted in delicate situation.