A 20-year-old Austrian man was on the plateau on Friday morning Mondeval experienced severe abdominal pain in the Belluno Dolomites. The rescue helicopter Falco 2 fetched him from below the Lastoi de Formin from the site and flew him to the hospital in Belluno. According to emergency responders, the symptoms were likely caused by water from a small mountain lake.
What Happened on Trail 436
The young man was traveling on Route 436 with two friends; the road runs between the Forcella Giau and the Forcella Ambrizzola across the plateau. When the pain set in, the 118 emergency dispatch center received a call. The crew from Falco 2 spotted the group below the rocky bastions of the Lastoi de Formin and took the 20-year-old on board. As Bellunopress According to reports citing the emergency medical services, he was subsequently taken to the hospital in Belluno for further evaluation. It remains unclear whether the lake water actually caused his symptoms: The rescuers explicitly stated that this was only a suspicion. Emergency responders did not provide any information regarding the hiker’s name, region of origin, or condition.
Several rescue flights in one morning
The call was one of a series of emergency calls in the Belluno area. At around 10:40 a.m., the same crew had responded to a 13-year-old with a leg injury near the Forcella Lagazzon were supplied and flown to Agordo. Later, they recovered Falco 2 a 65-year-old mountaineer from Pieve di Cadore, who was the lead climber in the Via Bernardi on Ciadin de le Bisse had fallen several meters at an altitude of 2,200 meters and was held by his rope partner. Around 12:30 p.m., the Soccorso Alpino From Cortina, a 59-year-old Polish woman with an arm injury from the Forcella Nuvolau to the outpatient clinic. In the afternoon, we flew to a Injured U.S. tourist at Rifugio Pian de Fontana. According to *il Dolomiti*, four people were taken to the hospital this morning alone.
Where Mondeval Is Located
Mondeval is an undulating alpine plateau at an elevation of between approximately 2,150 and 2,350 meters, located primarily within the municipal boundaries of San Vito di Cadore in the province of Belluno; a small part belongs to Selva di Cadore. It is bordered by the cliffs of the Lastoi de Formin, whose highest point reaches 2,657 meters. The Dolomites High Trail 1 runs across the plateau, the Alta Via 1. Mondeval is also known as the site of a Mesolithic grave: In 1985, Vittorino Cazzetta from Selva di Cadore Under a boulder, the skeleton of a hunter along with grave goods—to this day, the only known burial from this era at such a high altitude. In early July, the mountain rescue team had already found a German hiker with a head injury after a fall flown to the hospital.
