Tricky rescue of injured Mallorca climber in Escorca

MALLORCA firefighters and the Guardia Civil carried out what turned out to be the tricky rescue of an injured climber from s’Entreforc in Escorca on Sunday night.
The 28-year old man had fallen and hurt his foot while climbing on the last section of the Sagitari near to Cingle dels Voltors, leaving him unable to continue on his own.
The emergency services were alerted to the climber’s situation at about seven in the evening. The Guardia Civil mobilised a helicopter, but the take-off had to be aborted due to the strong winds.
In the end the rescue team had to support the injured climber for several hours in difficult conditions due to the lack of light and the steep terrain. They finally got him to where an ambulance was waiting to take him to hospital at about 11.30pm.