British Mountaineer Rescued in Sierra Nevada

[El Perro Negro]

Our news site reported the following this morning...................

Update Wednesday am. Report from the SEREIM rescue services today say that the englishman, Sean Moore, made it to the Caldera but abandoned Mulhacen west flank due to transparent ice. He spent Sunday night in the Caldera. On his return on Monday morning he met high winds at the Cariguela that prevented him from going back to Pradollano. He returned to the crossover point on the Crestones de Rio Seco and headed north steeply down into the Valdeinfiernos valley. It is here lower down that he slipped on ice and fell some 50m, fracturing his left kneecap.

Throughout that night he walked, using poles for assistance. He made it down to Cueva Secreta and along the considerable length of the Verada Estrella back to the Bar Chiquito and the trailhead.

An amazing feat of survival in poor and difficult mountain conditions!

Yes it was an amazing feat and I'm sure a good story. But what was he doing escaping to the NORTH? If he had done his homework, surely the correct action would be to have headed south towards the relative safety of the Poqueira hut/gorge and hence onto Capileira. This leads me to believe that he did not know or understand what he was getting into. Lucky!