Cordata freezes from a violent hail at high altitude: weakened and frightened, they alert the rescuers
CURTAIN. was soaking wet and they were also quite weak and scared. a strong one Hailstorm had interrupted their ascent at high altitude and from that moment on it had become necessary ask for help to rescue.
The facts happened today about 150 meters below the peak of Bec de Mesdì, a mountain of Ampezzo Dolomites southeast of Cortina d’Ampezzo, which reaches the 2,603 meters. It’s a rather small mountain compared to others Reliefs of the Ampezzo Dolomitesand distinguishable by its own particular isolation from the other peaks but it is very spectacular and popular.
To put it a few aMountaineers from Brixen over sixty, he 67 and she 62, that was caught by bad weather and a violent hailstorm.
However, the two called for help They had to wait for the bad weather to pass before they can intervene by helicopter Dolomiti emergency. Restored at the beginning of a gully, two pitches from the exit of the routeboth were recovered in two rounds by the rescue helicopter, with a 50 meter winchdas. The climbers were then dropped off at Malaga Federa.