The 31-year-old speleologist who was injured at a depth of 150 meters in Fonteno, in the province of Bergamo, was taken out of the cave by Alpine Rescue workers on Sunday afternoon.
The woman, in good general physical condition even if injured in the leg , was immediately transported to hospital by helicopter.
Ottavia Piano went down to a depth of 150 meters last Sunday for an exploration, but was never able to go back up again due to a broken leg .
After the alarm, the Alpine Rescue teams intervened on the spot: last night's rain made the rescue operations even more complex, already delicate due to the limited space for the stretcher to pass .
Ottavia Piano was about two and a half hours from the entrance to the cave, transport on a stretcher obviously lengthened the times, moreover within a network of karst origin, in fact a labyrinth of caves whose entire layout it was still fully mapped . Fortunately, there are large usable water sources underground, so the woman was able to count on a constant supply of water in these almost 48 hours.
(Unioneonline/L)