Emergency call made
Fear of snow: duo from Africa rescued from the mountain
From distant Zimbabwe in the south of Africa to almost 3000 meters in the Zillertal Alps - that was a bit too much for a duo (37 and 41 years old): the men were frightened by the snow and made an emergency call. The duo were eventually rescued by helicopter and brought back down to the valley.
On Tyrol's mountains, mountain rescuers and helicopter crews really do have to deal with people from all over the world. However, it is rather unusual for citizens from Zimbabwe, thousands of kilometers away in the south of Africa, to get into an alpine emergency in this country!
Panic due to thin snow cover
This is what happened on Saturday in the Zillertal: two men from Zimbabwe had undertaken an alpine hike from the Karl-von-Edel-Hütte in Mayrhofen towards the Ahornspitze (2973 meters). But then they hit snow - and apparently panicked as a result!
At an altitude of around 2700 meters above sea level, the men were overcome with fear due to the thin snow cover and did not dare to go either forwards or backwards.
Die Polizei
"At an altitude of around 2,700 meters above sea level, the men were frightened by the thin snow cover and did not dare to go either forwards or backwards," reported the police.
Rescued by helicopter rope
The African duo then made an emergency call. The men were finally rescued by helicopter rope and brought down to the valley. The crew of the "Heli 4" emergency helicopter, the Mayrhofen mountain rescue team and the Alpine police were deployed.
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