Two hikers set out from Dobogokő around noon on Tuesday 8 October to hike one of the most visited trails in the Visegrád-hegység, the Rám-szakadék. According to locals, they were preparing for a 4-hour hike, which turned out to be a lot more in the end.

They successfully completed the demainding route and then lost the signs of the hiking trail when they emerged from the gorge and got lost around 6 pm. Tired and unable to find their way back to the hiking trail on their own, they called a friend who contacted the Hungarian Cave Rescue Service (BMSz) incident manager around 7 pm.

Fortunately, with the help of the phone of the hikers, the incident manager was able to identify the exact location of the lost hikers and alerted two cave rescuers from Pomáz at 19:30. The cave rescuers set off shortly afterwards with food, hot drinks, headlamps and extra gear and then telephoned the lost hikers. Luckily they were close to the Hoffman-vadászház so the cave rescuers directed them there.

The next story tells the background of the paraglider accident and the rescue operation that happened on 11 th of September 11, 2024, Wednesday afternoon from three different point of view. Feri is the paraglider, who suffered the accident, Joci, his friend who tried to help him by himself and finally from the aspect of BMSZ – the Hungarian Cave Rescue service, who performed the rescue.

Feri, the paraglider: It started out to be a pretty ideal time for a long-distance flight. I managed to be the first to take off from Vértesszőlős and the first to land in Szárliget... I watched 5 paragliders in disgust as they flew about 300-400 meters above me and survived... That's okay, it is how it is. I decided to go back because the bad weather was coming and I wanted to fly before it. After 3 o'clock in the afternoon I was at the starting point again, with 3 other pilots. I sulked and told that it didn't work out at Szárliget, so now I do not even plan to go far, I would only fly locally. I took off after half past four, and almost immediately the current lifted me up with an ascent of over 1,000 meters. So I decided to head for Tornyópuszta - to my surprise, everything worked out well...

The last weekend of this year's summer brought beautiful weather, perfect for flying. None the less, there were two accidents in different parts of the country concerning paragliders.

The first accident occurred on Friday afternoon in Budapest, on the Hármashatár Hegy. After receiving an alert via SMS, two rescuers specialised in tree climbing were dispatched following a short briefing. The paraglider pilot was able to provide his exact location, making it easy to locate him.

Upon arrival, they found a man stuck in the branches of a tree, approximately 9 meters above the ground. His position was stable, and he was not injured in the landing.

On Thursday morning, a rescue operation for a Czech cave researcher took place in the Alsó-hegy region. The caves of Alsó-hegy have been explored not only by generations of Hungarian cavers but also by Czech speleologists for several decades. Their work has provided us with extensive information and precise maps of many caves in the Alsó-hegy. They have made significant progress in several cave exploration, and in 2022, they discovered the currently 11-meter deep Éves-zsomboly. Each year, we eagerly read the summary of their team's work and peruse their monograph on the Alsó-hegy, published in both Czech and English language. 

This year's expedition camp was set up next to the Jég Cave in Komjáti, from where they conducted their research trips. 

In beautiful sunny weather many people were climbing on the via ferratas in Tatabánya on the morning of June 15 2024. The routes of different difficulty give everyone the opportunity to enjoy their free time from beginners to advanced.

One of our cave rescuers was on the scene on one of the routes - when he heard a call for help nearby. The request for help came from a young man who was stuck on the most difficult ("E" difficulty) "KATA" road.

His strength left him, he could not continue the way.

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In September 2023, a successful international cave rescue operation was executed in the Morca Cave in Turkey from a depth of over 1,000 meters. The operation, which was widely covered by global media outlets, is detailed on our website: click here.

Hungary was represented in the operation by two Hungarian rescue services: the Hungarian Cave Rescue Service (BMSZ), joined by the Bakony Cave Rescue Service. After the successful rescue, participants from each country returned home, and the opportunity to reflect on and discuss the details and experiences of the operation was understandably not possible at the scene at that time, however the absence of this important discussion was soon recognised.