Two tourists injured in mountains of Kabardino-Balkaria
Rescuers evacuated two climbers from the Bezengi Gorge who were injured during a rockfall. The victims are receiving medical assistance in Nalchik.
Two tourists - a 63-year-old resident of St. Petersburg and a 40-year-old woman from the Saratov region - were climbing Mount Bashkhaauz. Their route began at the Bezengi mountaineering camp, the group was registered with the Ministry of Emergency Situations.
At an altitude of 3,800 meters, the climbers were hit by a rockfall and injured. Rescuers evacuated the victims by helicopter; the rescue operation took more than two hours, the republican department of the Ministry of Emergency Situations reported on its official Telegram channel.
In Nalchik, the injured tourists were handed over to medical workers. The Kabardino-Balkarian Ministry of Health has not published any reports on their condition.
"Caucasian Knot" also wrote that in February 2025, the Elbrus District Court sentenced two guides and the organizer of the Elbrus ascent to real prison terms, due to whose fault five people died in the fall of 2021.
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