Tag Archive for hikers

A Busy August

Yes, the Guardia Civil, mountain-rescue service was busy during last month picking up buckled hikers, dented mountain climbers and hobbling barranco descenders.

A String of Rescues

Few people would argue that having an active life in our senior years is not a good thing, but hiking around the second highest peak of Sierra Nevada in your late 60s could be viewed as reckless… however.

Two Sierra Nevada Rescues

The Guardia Civil mountain-rescue service was called out on Wednesday to rescue three hikers in the Sierra Nevada.; one in Monachil and the other two in Cerro Huenes.

A Year of Rescues

Alpinists who have accidents, lost hikers when night falls, mountaineers who venture into activities for which they are not sufficiently prepared…