staff Civil Guard, Provincial Consortium firefighters Alicante and Finestrat Local Police Last morning they rescued two hikers who got lost trying to descend from the summit of Mt. Puig Campana.
The Civil Guard received the notification at 10.30pm on Sunday. mom One of the two hikers called emergency services after his son alerted him. they were lost While trying to get off the mountain. It was night during the landing and they were confused. Moreover, they were staying mobile phones do not have batteries and they raised the alarm.
The woman was unable to help agents locate the two missing hikers, complicating rescue efforts. However, agents managed to locate him. moped They drove to the beginning of the route and rescue teams entered the mountain to search for the couple.
Positioned with drone
Finestrat Local Police Drone Unit At dawn he spotted two hikers going off-trail, and at 1:50 a.m. agents of the Civil Guard’s Mountain Rescue Group managed to find themselves around. 600 meters high The two hikers, a 33-year-old man and a 26-year-old woman, were escorted to their vehicle on foot after checking that they were unharmed and giving them water to stay hydrated.
The rescue was carried out jointly by the Mountain Rescue Group of the Ontinyent Civil Guard, the Special Height Rescue Group of the Alicante Provincial Firefighters Consortium and the Drone Unit of the Finestrat Local Police.