Italian Alpine Rescue Crews Perform Multiple Mountain Saves

A 40‑year‑old climber from San Donà di Piave fell about 15 metres while nearing a chimney on the Becco di Mezzodì route. Helicopter Falco 2 conducted a reconnaissance, lowered an 80‑metre winch and lifted the injured alpinist, who suffered a leg wound and a possible hip trauma, to a base camp before being flown to a hospital in Belluno.

In Resuttano, an elderly farmer suffered a serious health episode in difficult terrain. Emergency services used an SMS Locator to pinpoint his position and deployed an 82nd SAR helicopter equipped with night‑vision goggles. The crew landed nearby, stabilized the patient and air‑lifted him to Palermo's Civic Hospital.

A mushroom‑searching hiker went missing on the Sentiero Italia near Camigliatello Silano. The Alpine Rescue Station Sila contacted him by phone, guided him back to a lift‑area at Monte Curcio and escorted him to his vehicle without needing medical assistance.