Frozen tourists were rescued in the mountains of Almaty, the Ministry of Emergency Situations reports. This was reported by Qazaqyia.kz citing Sputnik Kazakhstan.
In the Bostandyk district of Almaty, near the Cosmostation, Ministry of Emergency Situations employees provided assistance to three young men who were unable to descend the mountain on their own. Their descent was complicated by hypothermia.
During patrols with special equipment, rescuers spotted the group of young people. Among them were a Bangladeshi citizen born in 2006 and two friends born in 2007 and 2010. While descending the mountain, the young people became hypothermic and needed help.
Rescuers escorted them to a safe place and delivered them to the medical point of the fire department. No medical assistance was required. At the foot of the mountain, relatives met the young people and took them home.
In addition, Almaty rescuers assisted another tourist in the mountains. In the Medeu district of Almaty, near the "Skalisty" peak at an altitude of 3332 meters above sea level, rescuers from the Monitoring and Rapid Response Center provided assistance to a citizen of the Russian Federation born in 1985.
The man, who had gone up to the mountains in the morning, lost his way on the tourist trail during a walk and could not descend on his own. Rescuers found the tourist and safely brought him down to the "Edelweiss" tourist base. No medical assistance was required for the man. After descending from the mountain, he left home on his own.