A few days ago, on the Monviso group, the “Altius One” military mountain rescue exercise involving the Alpine troops of the 3rd Pinerolo regiment was completed.
In addition to Alpine 50 - between actual mountaineering instructors in the regiment and members of the military mountain rescue teams - they climbed along various mountaineering routes up to the VI degree of difficulty. After an intense period of preparation, the military conducted four alpine ascents beyond 3000 meters in altitude and, in particular, the east ridge and the normal route of Monviso (3841 mt), Punta Udine (3022 mt) and Punta Venice (3095 mt).
The most important training activity, attended by the commander of the "Taurinense" alpine brigade, brigadier general Davide Scalabrin, the commander of the 3rd Alpine regiment Colonel Christian Bison and the bishop of Pinerolo monsignor Derio Olivero, saw both Army Aviation Specialists are two military mountain rescue teams of the Third who, putting into practice the new doctrine learned in the field of specialized courses dedicated to mountain rescue, carried out complex interventions on the wall by using specific stretchers and using the technique of rappeling (abseiling) to lead the infiltration in the intervention area.
At the conclusion of the activity, General Scalabrin expressed words of pride for the professionalism demonstrated during the exercise and, addressing the military, shared with them some considerations on the importance of always having efficient, trained, flexible and specialized units in able to intervene with very short notice for any use requirement.
The military mountain rescue teams are composed of military personnel with specific military qualifications in the skiing, mountaineering, meteorological and health sectors. These qualifications, linked to the mountain environment, make the military mountain rescue teams a peculiar capacity of the paying Alpine employment troops in a wide spectrum of emergencies.
