A team of high-mountain rescuers was put in order on Sunday afternoon after the climbers, located in the area of the Andean volcano Ojos del Salado, sent a satellite distress signal.
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Argentine rescuers are looking for two French climbers in the area of the Andean volcano Ojos del Salado, which rises to 6,891 meters above sea level, local police said in a published statement. in the night from Sunday to Monday. The climbers who had undertaken his ascent sent a satellite distress signal and a team of high-mountain rescuers got into working order on Sunday afternoon.
The help was on Sunday evening at some 5,500 m above sea level, where they set up a temporary camp, before the resumption of research in the early hours on Monday. These were to resume on background “difficult climatic conditions, with heavy rains and hailstorms in the high mountains”, according to a police force in the province of Catamarca, located in the north-west of the country.
Rescuers were also able to establish that the group of French people initially consisted of three men, one of whom turned around for problems with acclimatization to the altitude, while the other two continued to climb. The climber who came down was “in good health”, according to the police.
Ojos de Salado is considered the highest volcano in the world on the border of Chile and Argentina. Mountaineers had to undertake the ascent of the snow-capped peak by the path known as the Quebrada de Quemadito, at an altitude of 3,400 m, which requires at least ten days of hiking.