Tragedy at Mexico’s highest ice peak as 1 dies, 9 rescued

The extremely dangerous conditions at Mexico’s highest peak with iced-I over slopes of the 18,619-foot (5,675-meter) has witnessed the death of a mountain climber and the rescue of nine others.

According to Jose Luis Palma, the regional civil protection coordinator for Puebla state, the mountain climbers “are not taking the necessary precautions to climb on that ice.”

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Palma said the first rescue effort was mounted on Thursday when two U..S. citizens called for help after being injured in an accident. He said one of those died but the other was brought down with only bruises.

“Eight mountaineers, including six Americans and two Mexicans, were in trouble on “El Sarcofago” glacier near Orizaba’s peak,” the navy said in a statement.

A helicopter was sent but bad weather prevented it from finding the climbers on time, it said.

The rescue team was only able to save two of those climbers and a civil protection squad brought down the other six, a day later.

 

 

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