17:50, 5 September 2025

Paraglider injured in mountains of Kabardino-Balkaria

A Belarusian paraglider injured his leg after a hard landing in the upper reaches of the Chegem Gorge and asked for help from rescuers.

As "Kavkazsky Uzel" reported, on September 2, rescuers evacuated a tourist from Moscow from Elbrus who was injured during a rockfall. A few days before that, during a rockfall in the mountains of Kabardino-Balkaria, former president of the Kuban Mountaineering Federation Alexander Rastorguev died, and two members of his group were injured.

Employees of the Elbrus high-mountain search and rescue team evacuated an injured paraglider from the Chegem Gorge.

A 40-year-old athlete from Belarus injured his leg as a result of a hard landing in the upper reaches of the gorge. Two rescuers took part in the operation; they brought the victim down and handed him over to a medical team, the Kabardino-Balkarian Emergencies Ministry reported.

The department did not specify the condition of the injured paraglider as a result of the injury.

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Translated automatically via Google translate from https://www.kavkaz-uzel.eu/articles/415163