Tomaz Humar Rescue Nepal

November 2009

A rescue team of Swiss Mountain Rescue Station Air Zermatt is on its way to Nepal to try to help Slovenian mountaineer Tomaz Humar. Humar is injured and stranded at about 6300 meters on Langtang Lirungs north face since earlier this week.

On Monday november 9th, Tomaz phoned with a climbing partner in Slovenia. He said that he was injured, but without further details. This was his first and last call from the mountain. He is thought to be at an altitude of around 6300 meter, in the south face of Langtang Lirung, a 7227meter peak in the Langtang mountain chain of the Nepalese Himalayas. His colleage in Slovenia called Air Zermatt, and asked for an intervention of the highly skilled helicopter mountain rescuers.

The Swiss team exists of Robert Andenmatten (rescue pilot Air Zermatt), Bruno Jelk (chief of the Zermatt mountain rescue station) and Simon Anthamatten (world famous alpinist and mountain rescue specialist). Air Zermatts chief pilot Gerold Biner is coordinating the rescue in Zermatt: Our team left Switzerland this morning and is hoping to arrive in Kathmandu tomorrow.

http://www.air-zermatt.ch
http://www.alpinerescuecenter.ch

Category:

Education

Tags:

• Tomaz Humar
• Air Zermatt
• Alpine Rescue Center
• Himalaya Rescue
• Longline Rescue
• Langtang Lirung
• Robert Andenmatten
• Simon Anthamatten
• Gerold Biner

[banson23]

počivaj v miru :(

[SuniPetri]

:(( I had so much hope that air zermatt would pull it off but they were not allowed to take off and do the rescue, due to whatever reasons that I am really curious about... once they got the ok it was far too late, such a shame. Rest in peace Tomaz, you were one of the best

[ssrider7]

kr na jok mi gre k to gledam.,...

[kricackricac]

Too bad it ended the way it did

I am just saddened by the fact that once more we were witness to a local authority ego power play. The Nepalese being convinced they'll be able to do it themselves, even though we all know the Air Zermatt crew is by far the best in the world.

Unfortunately, this time they would have been too late anyhow.

Pest in peace Tomaž!