The Guardia Civil, mountain-rescue team (Sereim) was busy on the last Sunday of the year and amongst their ‘clients’ was an female American climber.
Tag Archive for mountain rescue
Children Rescued
by Martin Myall •
The Guardia Civil rescued four children between the ages of five and twelve, and six adults, lost in the Sierra Nevada with the night upon them.
Another Mountain Rescue
by Martin Myall •
A young climber had to be rescued by the Guardia Civil mountain-rescue team (Sereim) after a fall, which had left him dangling on his rope against rock face.
Junta de Los Rios Rescue
by Martin Myall •
The ever-more popular waterfalls and cascades of the Junta de los Rios above Otívar was the scene of another excursionist rescue after a fall.
Guardia Civil Helicopter Crash
by Vivienne Hughes •
At 14.00h today, the 24th of August the Guardia Civil issued an official press release to say that they had lost one of their helicopters during the morning.
Biker Rescued on Otivar Road
by Hugh MacArthur •
The mountain-rescue team, Sereim, aided by a police helicopter, rescued a biker from the bottom of a barranco above Otivar.
Lost Excursionist Rescued on Peña Escrita
by Vivienne Hughes •
The Guardia Civil Mount Rescue team, Sereim, using a helicópter, rescued a 54-year old Swedish woman on Peña Escrita, Almuñécar.
Rescued in Lentegí Ravine
by Martin Myall •
Three abseiling enthusiasts, two men and a woman, had to be rescued by the Guardia Civil after one of their ropes became snarled and they couldn’t use it to continue on down the gorge. Going back up was equally impossible. The rescue team received a call out from the emergency 112 service at 21.00h one…
Bottom of the Barranco
by Editor •
The Guardia Civil had a hard time rescuing three young mountaineers from the bottom of the Barranco de Poqueira – 15 hours in all. It wasn’t until a helicopter arrived to winch them out of the El Hoyo that the rescue operation was complete.