A married couple asked for help, but Tuesday night plucked not the Red Cross out of the two who returned from Trolltunga.
on Tuesday evening clock 23.11 received police notification that an Asian couple was not returned to their lodging in Hardanger after a trip to Trolltunga.
it turned out that they were exhausted, wet and cold after the long and arduous journey. Sunday visited BT Trolltunga and wrote about queue providing Red Cross headaches.
Got stays
– The first message went on that they were missed, but the Red Cross did not have anyone to send. They had been busy with more missions earlier in the day, and eventually we cleared that they took themselves into a cabin on Mågelitopp, says Jan-Tore Heggholmen, operations manager of Western Police District.
The cabin is located near the collection point in Skjeggedal, and police were in contact with the cottage owner. Competent made sure they got food and heat.
– It has been bad
Night through Wednesday notified the police on Twitter that the Red Cross had the opportunity to scramble because of many rescue missions lately.
Heggholmen does not deny that all actions Trolltunga-tourism entails, is a burden to emergency crews, not to mention the Red Cross.
– it has been bad, he admits.
It goes with the story that the couple sought help Monday, had come forward to Trolltunga and was therefore come very close to the point of return.
– 50 members notified
In an e-mail stating Area Manager Bjorn Artild Fjeldsbø in Red Cross this:
“Red Cross was notified in time 23.42 that these tourists are sitting nice and warm inside a cabin. There they were taken care of. They were therefore not in any immediate need. The police wanted help to get those taken down.
We tried anyway to call out crews, and 50 members were notified. One could ask, and mission demanded 4-6 man, and about four hours effort of preparation and follow-up. It was provided input to the police that this mission could be entrusted to the Civil Defence. Why they do not use them, you have almost the answer for.
Red Cross has since August 20 had ten demanding rescue operations against Trolltunga / Odda area. Most at night in bad weather. This struggle in the voluntary family folks who respond. When these tourists not found themselves in mortal danger, we opted to save our crews to more demanding missions. Had it been reel distress, it would come crews from other parts of the county. “
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