Rock falls while high-altitude mountaineering - More often in the last years? Evidence from the Swiss alps.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

One risk while high-altitude mountaineering despite falls or stranding are rock falls. Due to the climatic change such events might have become potentially more common yielding to the research question to elucidate rock falls while high-altitude mountaineering in the Alps of Switzerland.

Design

A retrospective analysis was conducted from the central registry of the Swiss Alpine Club (SAC) during the observational period from 2009 to 2020.

Results

A total of 266 cases of rock falls was detected during an observational period yielding to in average 22.2 ± 7 emergency cases per year. No increase nor decrease of the number of cases over time (R² = 0.0019) was detected. The average age of a victim was 50.2 ± 18.6 years. The mean of the NACA-Score (NAC

SUBMITTER: Benedikt G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10847909 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature