In 2022, 3668 people got into an emergency in the Swiss Alps and in the Jura and had to be rescued or recovered by the mountain rescue service - that's slightly less than in the previous year. 109 people died in classic mountain sports - that is significantly fewer than in 2021. At 70 people, the number of falls from crevasses on glaciers was almost twice as high as the average for the last 10 years (38).
Roger Schäli and Simon Wahli traveled to the big wall paradise of Yosemite Valley for almost seven weeks. The aim of the two was to prepare for an upcoming Patagonia trip...