The couple of mountaineers was found unconscious, near Lake Contraix, in the Vall de Boí
One of the two hikers found near Lake Contraix, in the Vall de Boí (Alta Ribagorça), He died as he was unable to overcome the state of severe hypothermia. in which he was rescued, according to health sources.
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The Generalitat firefighters were alerted by other hikers on Wednesday around 12:25 p.m. that there was two unconscious people near the lake and they activated two helicopters from the corps and several members of the Sistema d’Emergències Mèdiques (SEM), who carried out the first resuscitation maneuvers. Minutes later, the hikers were transferred to the Vall d’Hebron Hospital in Barcelona, where one of them has died and the other is still hospitalized.
second rescue
This is the second rescue carried out by mountaineers in Catalonia this week. On Tuesday, firefighters rescued another couple of hikers with hypothermia in Lake Tort, in the municipality of Torre de Cabdella (Pallars Jussà). At a quarter past six in the afternoon, the person in charge of the Colomina shelter, alerted to the presence of the two people, raised the alarm and two firefighter helicopters with members of the Special Actions Group (GRAE) traveled to the scene. , along with a doctor specializing in rescues. The rain and fog, however, prevented them from reaching the place, so the emergency personnel took the cable car to the shelter and from there they walked three quarters of an hour to the couple. One of the pilots took advantage of a lull in the rain to reach the scene and transfer the two wounded, who were transferred to the Pallars Regional Hospital. The woman presented a picture of moderate hypothermia, and the man, mild.