The rescue was completed on Wednesday (1/11) after a long operation of a Swiss couple that were stuck in the gorge of Gorgopotamos.
The 7th EMAK in cooperation with the 1st and 8th EMAK started the operation in a difficult place full of rocks. The rescuers even according to his report lamianow.gr led by one private masturbating instructor who had descended the canyon before and knew its morphology well.
The point at which were trapped was not visible since it was a cavernous spot where the use of a drone was also necessary in order to locate the couple.
The woman had broken her leg as a result of which they were immobilized at the scene and requiring the intervention of rescuers in order to extricate them.
They were taken by helicopter to KEP and from there by ambulance to Lamia Hospital.
At night, although the conditions for the couple were difficult, they had the necessary survival equipment with them and they managed to cope without facing any problem.
They participated in the operation 25 firefighters with the O.O.E.D. her 1st, 7th and 8th E.M.A.K.
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From noon on Tuesday (31/10) according to Lamiareport.gr, the 7the EMAK had set up an entire operation to locate and rescue the couple, who had left their car at the beginning of the canyon.
Even locating them in one of the largest and most difficult canyons in Europe for canyoning was extremely difficult and the night overtook them. However, there was communication and rescuers knew the couple had water and food, and they had a fire to get them through the cold night.
At the first light of the day, as the report of LamiaReport records, the rescuers, about 25 people, started the search again together with the helicopter of the Fire Department, with a happy ending from about 7:30 in the morning.
It was an extremely difficult rescue, due to the morphology of the canyon and the distance that had to be covered.
The gorge of Gorgopotamos is very impressive and imposing. Considered the most difficult canyon in Greece and is included in in the top three across Europe.
It starts from his area Oitis National Park to the area Chaos at the foot of Oita. At the beginning, the altitude of the canyon is 1180m, while at the end it is 300m. The length of crossing the canyon is 3.5 km with a total of 22 waterfalls.
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