Rescue teams brought two lost hikers to safety on Tuesday in the municipality of Cabrales in northern Asturias Spain, without injury. The men, aged 27 and 28, had been on a mountain route between Arenas and Camarmeña They lost their way and could not continue through the terrain. A mountain rescuer reached them and accompanied them on the descent.
The Asturian emergency service said on 10 November that its control centre received the men’s emergency calls at 5.22 pm. They said they had lost their way and could not go any further. The coordinates they provided placed them near the summit of Cabeza Redonda According to the emergency service, they were stuck there on steep terrain.
The control centre alerted the emergency service’s rescue group and two firefighters from Cangas de Onís. A medically equipped helicopter was deployed for the rescue group. It was at the time at the Central University Hospital of Asturias, where it had earlier taken an injured person after a railway accident in San Martín del Rey Aurelio .
With sunset approaching, the team flew directly from the hospital towards the area of the operation, according to the emergency service. It intended to drop off a mountain rescuer as close as possible to the two hikers. The helicopter then returned to its base in La Morgal .
The firefighter and mountain rescuer who remained in the area reached the men using the coordinates. Together, they descended to the Ovar car park in Poncebos . The two firefighters from Cangas de Onís were waiting there and then took them to Arenas de Cabrales. The hikers had left their vehicle in a car park there.
The two men were not airlifted. The emergency service reported that they were found in perfect condition; Europa Press reported on Wednesday that they were unharmed.
The Asturian emergency service also informed the emergency call centres in the neighbouring regions of Cantabria and Castile and León, as well as Guardia Civil. The statement does not say that these services took part in the rescue at the scene.
Editor: Mira Cadena (Article created with AI assistance).