Saturday 18 June 2022, was a hot and busy day in the high mountains, that was no respite for the High Mountain Gendarmerie Platoon (PGHM), which at 6 p.m. in the afternoon, had already carried out six rescues.
Six rescue interventions for PGHM
Early in the morning, The PGHM rescuers went to the Goûter Hut (3815m) for a man with Covid. He was evacuated to Sallanches Hospital.
The gendarmes then took the direction of La Flégère where they rescued a man who suffered a hip fracture after falling from an electric mountain bike. He was taken to Sallanches Hospital.
Then a 29-year-old climber with a broken collarbone after falling on the ridge of the Frêtes des Charmoz was also taken to Sallanches Hospital.
In the afternoon, the Chamonix PGHM went to Les Houches, where a 22-year-old also had broken his collarbone, but this time, after falling from a bike in the bikepark.
Rescuers then evacuated a paraglider, unharmed, who made a wrong landing in the Ensa corridor.
Finally, the PGHM rescued a woman with a wrist injury at Lake Blanc (2352m) in the Aiguilles Rouges massif.
Source: @Le Dauphiné Libéré
