Winter chaos in Slovenia: Mountainers continue to miss after falling!

Winter chaos in Slovenia: Mountainers continue to miss after falling!

In the snowy altitudes of the Kamnik-Savinja Alps in Slovenia, a dramatic misfortune has occurred. A Hungarian mountaineering couple was surprisingly surprisingly violent in the mountains in the mountains north of Ljubljana. As the Today. However, the woman could be saved despite the extreme weather conditions and spent the night in a sleeping bag while icy winds blown at speeds of up to 100 km/h.

The rescue actions were severely hindered by up to one meter of fresh snow and the persistent danger of avalanches. According to the Kleine Zeitung more than 40 emergency services were mobilized to search for the missing pair of mountain climbers. While the mountain rescuers were able to find the woman and bring it to a safe valley, the man remains missing after his fall. The mountain rescue has given its hope for weather calming in order to continue the difficult rescue mission.

rescue attempts and challenges

The conditions represent an enormous challenge for the emergency services. The mountain rescuers commented on Facebook that there are no safe rescue operations under the current weather conditions. Nevertheless, you plan to use a helicopter to identify the place of the accident more precisely and possibly localize the crashed mountaineer with another search. The situation remains tense because the onset of winter has a firm grip on Croatia, Bosnia and Slovenia and are recorded in many areas.