A freezing Rescue

Thomas Zumtaugwald

At the beginning of May 2022, the experienced mountain rescue specialist made an extraordinary rescue together with Air Zermatt. A man falls outside the piste above Zermatt through a blanket of snow into a rushing mountain stream and is swept away by the ice-cold water. When the patient no longer responds to the rescuers, Zumtaugwald does not hesitate for a second and climbs into the ice-cold glacier water after the patient. "I felt myself getting dizzy. Yes, I was scared," confesses the mountain guide.