Rescue operation Two blocked climbers rescued from a rock face in the Sanetsch region

Air-Glaciers rescue teams rescued two climbers unharmed on Sunday in the Sanetsch area on the cantonal border between Bern and Valais, who were stuck on a rock face under an overhang and were unable to descend or reach the summit on their own.

A mountain guide was flown on a 200-metre-long longline to the height of the people in distress in order to throw them a rope with which he could reach them under the overhang, as Air-Glaciers reported on Monday.

The two people were then lowered unharmed to a nearby meadow, according to the statement. The use of a longline for this type of rescue is not an everyday occurrence, it added.

According to Air-Glaciers, two further evacuations of climbers and mountaineers were carried out on the same day.