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The PGHM called to help a mountaineer victim of a rock fall

On Sunday 20 March 2022, the rescuers of the High Mountain Gendarmerie Platoon (PGHM) carried out four rescue operations.

 

On Sunday morning, the PGHM recovered a mountaineer victim of a rock fall in the Chéré Couloir at Triangle of Mont Blanc du Tacul (3970m). The man was dropped off at the helicopter base.

Later, a skier fell on the Grands Montets ski area. Victim of a head trauma, he was transported to Sallanches hospital.

In the afternoon, in Saint-Nicolas-de-Véroce, a skier was seriously injured and was also evacuated to Sallanches hospital.

The day ended at Mont Lachat, above Les Houches. A steep skier who fell and seriously injured himself was transported to the Center Hospitalier Alpes Léman in Contamine-sur-Arve.

Source: @Dauphiné Libéré

Chamonix : La Trace des Grands les 19 et 20 mars 2022
Le PGHM vient en aide à un alpiniste victime d'une chute de pierres