Tragedy in Helmos with three dead climbers. The drama ended shortly after 4pm when the third dead man was located, a few minutes after the other two were located.
The Fire Brigade helicopter and the search and rescue helicopter from early today had located a helmet and a jacket in a remote location near the Waters of Stygos.
All rescue teams were concentrated there.
According to the first data, the unfortunate men were trying to find ice to climb, outside the limits of the ski center, to an extremely dangerous place. There was an avalanche that took their lives.
At this time a large operation is being carried out to transport the piles as the spot is extremely dangerous. The three men, aged 49 to 55, residents of Patras, experienced in winter climbing and skiing, climbed to Helmos on Saturday morning. One was the head of ELGA in Corinth and the other was an ice-climbing instructor and the third maintains a Pharmacy in Patras.
The three climbers have been missing since Saturday afternoon (05-02-2022) in the area of Helmos in Kalavrita. Aerial and ground surveys carried out from the early morning hours showed traces of an avalanche, very large, at the base of the slope in the waters of Stygos.
A large operation to locate them had been set up since Sunday morning, in which two helicopters of the joint search-rescue coordination center and the Fire Brigade, in the wider area, “Stygos Waters”, near the ski center, participated.
Another 22 firefighters were operating in the area with the mountaineering search and rescue team of the 6th EMAK from Patras, a special tracked vehicle, as well as a team of unmanned aerial vehicle pilots, as well as skiers-executives of the Kalavrita Ski Resort.
The mobilization
According to information and reports from kalavrytanews.com, the three men, aged 50 to 55, residents of Patras, experienced in winter climbing and skiing, climbed to Helmos on Saturday morning and from the Styga they were last seen would go to the area. “mavrolimnis”.
The Ski Center looked for the three men after they had left their car in the parking lot of the Center, but the constant phone calls to the cell phone they had given, rang without response.
Immediately with Ski vehicles, the staff of the Center started their search and the Police were notified. Men from the Kalavryta Police Department, a patrol car from the Kalavrita Police Department and an ambulance from the EKAB Kalavrita rushed to the spot, while the assistance of the 6th EMAK has been requested.
The weather for Helmos is good without weather phenomena and low wind but with very low temperatures.
With the first light of day, the operating forces were strengthened, focusing on the area from “Mavrolimni” to the Waters of Stygos. At this time (08:00) the rescue crews and the skiers of the ski center are trying with a drone but also with ground efforts to locate the three missing, while two helicopters had a decisive contribution.
The assistance of the staff and the skiers of the Ski Center of Kalavrita by all means is important.
PHOTO SOURCE: KALAVRITA NEWS
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