Yeti-Club Zermatt - Pages on mountain-rescue, conceived
with professionels of the Rescue Station Zermatt of the SAC

Rescue of a hangglider fallen into a cable
Rescue from wild waters, from a cable-car
and from a chairlift

The parachute is entangled into a cable. Rescue by helicopter at this point is not possible, because the downwash of the rotors could fill the parachute and blow the man into the void. The same rule prevails for the rescue of hanggliders in the mountains.
Rescuers must approach the casualty with whatever means available, here with a pulley, in the mountains afoot or by roping down.
As soon as the casualty is secured, the parachute is separated from him.
The casualty can then be either hauled to the next pylon or flown out by a helicopter. A hangglider rescued on the mountain is flown away by helicopter as soon as he is separated from his parachute.
Sequence of a rescue from a chairlift by helicopter
	Passengers of a cable car are rescued by helicopter
Chances of survival were pretty narrow...	Canyoning, a new sport = new dangers   ...but the life could be saved !
Pictures of rescues in torrents

Author: Bruno Jelk, Chief of the Zermatt Rescue Station