THE EAGLE. Climbing on the snow at over two thousand metres, wearing shorts and a t-shirt and, above all, without Artva, the fundamental tool used to locate people caught in an avalanche. This is the scenario that rescuers found themselves faced with, who yesterday saved several groups of hikers on the peaks of Gran Sasso following repeated snow releases. The largest avalanche broke off from the Bissolati Canal. Three foreign tourists were injured and one of them, 49 years old, was taken to hospital for trauma to an ankle.
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On the southern slope of the western peak of Corno Grande, around ten avalanches occurred with as many people involved. At Bissolati the separation involved five people, who can say they got away with few consequences. The alert went off around lunchtime. The technician of the Alpine and Speleological Rescue operations center received an SOS shortly after 1 pm for some people injured following a detachment that affected the Bissolati Canal and the direct route on the Gran Sasso. «The teams that reached Campo Imperatore and the air ambulance stationed in L’Aquila were activated immediately», the National Alpine and Speleological Rescue Corps announced, «which, through the crew present on board, provided assistance to the three wounded. At the same time, the more than 15 technicians who arrived on site provided assistance to the numerous people who, at the time of the intervention, were crowding the Abruzzo mountains. During the operations and subsequent overflights, other detachments were observed along the various channels of the southern side, which affected other people, all unharmed. One of the injured, taken back to the cable car, was taken care of at Fonte Cerreto by an Alpine Rescue doctor, who followed him to the San Salvatore regional hospital.” Rescue services were also mobilized from the Teramo side.
«without equipment»
The same rescuers report «the lack of equipment (such as the search apparatus swept away in the avalanche) and clothing suitable for the environment by the majority of customers, especially considering the fact that the MeteoMont meteorological bulletin for Sunday 28th reported a marked degree of risk, due to the rise in temperatures that had been widely predicted for the weekend. The Sagf-Alpine Rescue of the Guardia di Finanza is also present in Campo Imperatore”.
