Ottavia Piana, an experienced cave explorer, was rescued after falling and suffering multiple fractures during an expedition in the Bueno Fonteno cave. A large-scale rescue operation involving over 150 technicians took place over three days.
Expert spelunker Ottavia Piana suffered multiple injuries after she fell while exploring an uncharted part of the Bueno Fonteno cave near Bergamo. An injured cave explorer in northern Italy has been carried to safety 75 hours after she fell while attempting to map an unexplored branch of the Bueno Fonteno cave, alpine rescuers said.
The last leg of the rescue operation proceeded more smoothly than expected, and workers carrying 32-year-old Ottavia Piana strapped into a stretcher reached the cave’s mouth in the early hours of Wednesday. It was her second time in 17 months to be rescued from the cave near Lago d’Iseo, north-east of Bergamo.Ms Piana suffered multiple fractures, including to her face, ribs and knee, when she fell five meters (13 feet) while exploring an uncharted part of the cave on Saturday, doctors said. The Bueno Fonteno cave is located some 500 metres (yards) below ground, with the mapped area reaching some 19 kilometres (nearly 12 miles).Video showed her wrapped in blankets and strapped to a stretcher being passed through narrow passageways by a team of helmeted rescuers, which included doctors and nurses on rotation.By late afternoon on Tuesday, they reached the main tunnel and the final passage went much more quickly than anticipated, arriving at least 12 hours before expected. Nearly 160 technicians from 13 Italian regions assisted in the round-the-clock rescue launched at midnight on Saturday, after being alerted by members of her team that she was injured and trapped deep inside the tunne
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