Fall on a trail in the Skievenin Valley forced friends to urgently call for help
In the morning in the municipality of Setteville, an 82-year-old resident of Venezia set off with friends along the sentiero numero 842 route, which leads from Valle di Schievenin towards Malga Sassumà. At around 9:20, the elderly man suddenly felt unwell. He lost his balance, fell backwards and hit his head.
Dispatchers relayed the exact coordinates of the incident to rescuers at Feltre. To speed up the search, one of the injured man's companions ran down to the intersection with the paved road and led a group of mountain rescuers up the trail, about twenty minutes uphill.
The first to reach the elderly tourist was a rescuer who happened to be nearby, after which six more specialists arrived at the scene, including a doctor and a nurse. The doctors stabilized the man's condition, put him on a stretcher and carried him down to the ambulance, which took the victim to the city hospital Feltre.
Source: Si sente male sul sentiero: soccorso escursionista veneziano - Qdpnews
Context
The CAI 842 route starts at the end of Valle di Schievenin in the Monte Grappa massif, near the climbing sectors, and leads up through the wooded Val Sassuma gorge. The path intersects with a dirt forest road and leads to the Sassuma valley (also known as Stalle Zavate), located at an altitude of over 1,100 meters.
At this point, the route connects with trail 847, a section of the multi-day high-altitude Alta Via degli Eroi ("High-altitude Trail of Heroes"), which crosses the peaks of the Grappa massif.