TOPR rescuers summed up the results of operations in the Tatra Mountains from October 16 to 20

The Polish rescue service TOPR published a summary of rescue operations in the Tatra Mountains for the period from October 16 to 20. A significant part of the calls concerned limb injuries, a sharp deterioration in well-being, and falls on difficult trails.

During these days, the service helicopter transported a tourist with signs of a heart attack from the Kościeliska Valley to the hospital and another victim with chest pain from Mały Kościelis. In addition, aviation and ground teams provided assistance and evacuated injured travelers from the Piaty Stawki Valley, Malolończniak, the pass near Grzybowiec, Hala Gonsienicowa, Kalatuwy, as well as two exhausted tourists from Myslenice Tourney.

Rescuers carried out two technically complex operations in steep rocky terrain. On the Fayok Edge, an independent climber, due to lack of experience, tried to bypass the section towards the Panshchytsia Valley, slid down a steep grassy slope, broke a finger and ended up blocked on a rock ledge - two rescuers were parachuted from a helicopter, after which the victim was lifted aboard with a winch. Late in the evening, two tourists who were stuck to the left of the main route on Gzhenda were evacuated on the slopes of Mount Rysy, and from the trail from Morskie Oko to Kempa, four rescuers carried out an injured woman on a special Kong stretcher.

TOPR noted that winter has returned to the highlands and fresh snow has fallen. Due to low temperatures, the snow cover will not melt quickly, so rescuers are urging caution and careful planning of routes during the transitional autumn-winter season.