A turbulent weekend in the mountains of Granada - rescuers carried out seven operations in the Sierra Nevada and surrounding areas
During the long holiday weekend from October 31 to November 3, the mountain rescue unit in the Granada province conducted seven mountain rescue missions.
The first incident occurred near the Carihuela shelter in the Sierra Nevada massif, where a 57-year-old cyclist injured his knee in a fall. The injured person was fitted with a splint and evacuated by helicopter to hospital. The next day in the Prado Negro area, a female tourist broke her fibula, and on Monday in the Los Cahorros canyon, a 22-year-old man was transported on a stretcher with an injured knee.
On the same day, near the summit of Mulhacén II, a 21-year-old tourist needed help. After spending the night in the La Caldera shelter, he experienced signs of acute mountain sickness and lost the ability to walk independently. The air unit took him and his companion to the Granada Clinical Hospital.
The final operation lasted about five hours in the gorge los Volaores near Dúrcal, where two hunting dogs were stuck on steep rocks. Specialists descended to them by dulfer and lifted them up in special harnesses, carrying the exhausted animal on their backs all the way back. In addition, the rescue team was involved in the evacuation of injured hikers near the peak la Tiñosa and in the province Cádiz.
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The Sierra Nevada mountain range encompasses the highest peaks of the Iberian Peninsula, where the altitude differences require gradual adaptation, with the Carihuela refuge located at over 3,000 meters. Meanwhile, lower foothill areas, such as the limestone gorge Los Cahorros near the village of Monachil, are characterized by suspension bridges, steep rocky ledges and attract massive flows of hikers and climbers.