A hiker was rescued on Sunday, when he had just fallen from more than 30 meters, at the peak of Carlit, in the Pyrénées-Orientales, at 2,850 meters above sea level.
His rescue, which notably mobilized high mountain gendarmes, lasted eight hours.
The man, who was out for a walk with his companion, found himself in a place where the balance was precarious, report the gendarmes of the Pyrénées-Orientales.
"After having progressed in a snow corridor of more than 250 meters of vertical drop using abseiling techniques", the emergency services were able to take care of the victim, who was suffering from serious trauma.
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The weather conditions, in particular snow and fog, "not allowing the victim to be evacuated by air, the rescuers medicalized the hiker on a stretcher in order to be able to transport him on foot, and thus descend for several hundred meters. altitude ”, continue the services of the gendarmerie.
The victim was hoisted from the lake of Bouilllouses to the hospital in Perpignan.
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