Illinizas Volcanoes Ecuador: Four Lost Hikers Found Safe

Posted on January 30, 2017 • Filed under: Ecuador, Ecuador Emergency

Four people remained lost for several hours Sunday afternoon after losing the trail in their ascent to the Illinizas.

On Sunday, at 17:01, a call was received alerting four people lost in the ecological reserve of Los Illinizas via Chaupi, province of Cotopaxi, reported the 911 Ambato ECU.

Apparently, the weather conditions did not allow them to visualize the path to return to the place from where they began the ascent, before which resources were dispatched from the Latacunga Fire Department.

We applied the mobile locator known as “Mobile Locator”, a technological tool that allows us to determine the location of lost persons.

After several hours of searching, staff of the Fire Department managed to locate the four citizens: a 24-year-old woman and three men between 24 and 26 years old, who were in good health, which allowed them to descend for a Two hours along with the rescuers, Ambato’s emergency center reported. Read Full Article

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