The Guardia Civil, mountain-rescue group, Greim were called out to rescue a British mountain climber on El Chorro (a route known as the Blue Line) after he took a fall.
Brit Climber Rescued
by Martin Myall •
Tag Archive for climber
Rescued on a Cliff Ledge
by Hugh MacArthur •
The canyon known as El Tajo de Los Vados, on the N-340 between Lobres and Vélez de Benaudalla, was again the scene of a climbing incident.
Struck on the Head
by Hugh MacArthur •
A woman climber was killed when a large stone fell on her head as she was preparing to begin a climb.
Perilous Pionono Cake
by Martin Myall •
On the 4th of January, 2018, an experienced mountain climber slipped on a dropped piono cake and received an injury preventing from ever climbing again.
Two Sierra Nevada Rescues
by Martin Myall •
Guardia Civil mountain-rescue service was called out on two rescue missions on the Sierra Nevada over the weekend of the 19th/21st of last month.
To Boldly Go…
by Martin Myall •
Some people with four whisky-colas in them and something shiny to climb seem to think that they are Sir Edmund Hillary or Tenzing Norgay!
Hanging on for Dear Life
by Vivienne Hughes •
A British climber was rescued by the Guardia Civil mountain-rescue team last weekend in the Picos de Europa after having spent three hours clinging on over a precipice.
All in a Day’s Work
by Hugh MacArthur •
The mountain-rescue services in Granada were busy last Saturday, rescuing people both at 2,900 metres up and also much closer to sea level.
Sierra Nevada Death
by Martin Myall •
While Saturday the 30th was a busy day for the mountain rescue teams on Sierra Nevada, Sunday turned out to be a tragic one because of a death up there.
Canyon Fatality
by Martin Myall •
A young woman fell to her death whilst climbing the rock face of the Tajo de los Vados; that’s the Vélez Benaudalla canyon along the N323.