"Climb & Rescue": Ukrainian Climbers Treated 33 Hours After Fall Near Rize

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(Hürriyet Newspaper, 1 August 2021)

                         A long way from Odessa.

Two members of an 8-person group of mountain-climbers on a glacier 

in the Kaçkarlar range in Rize's Çamlıhemşin district  fell into a rocky

area at about 9 o'clock on Thursday night.  When Ukranians Mykola 

Shynkevych (45) and Maryna Shavkutina (35) lost their balance and 

got stuck, two others from the group headed back to a valley where there 

was cellphone coverage.

On Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock the group members contacted the Turkish 

rescue center and teams from AFAD, UMKE and the Gendarmerie were

mobilized.  Some of the AFAD personnel were already in Rize for

flood relief.   After their arrival at the valley, the 22 rescuers had to walk 

to the point where the women climbers had fallen because bad weather

prevented helicopter flights.  

The rescuers passed through Mezovit Valley and reached the base of the

glacier, where they found the fallen climbers.  Last night at 1 o'clock, 

the wounded climbers were taken on stretchers for a 5-hour trek to 
Yukarı Kavron Valley and from there to Kaçkar State Hospital.  

Shavkutina received treatment for a broken foot and Shynkevych for

a broken shoulder.  After 33 hours, the conditions of the injured climbers

was said to be good.