Mountain rescuers have become luxury taxi drivers for tourists who want to get off the snowmobile from the top of the mountain.

Every day since the opening of the ski season in the Sinaia field, mountain rescuers have had to snowmobile the skier who refuses to respect the cable installation schedule. They stay at the top of the mountain until dark, and when they realize they have nothing to go down with, they call the Mountain Rescue emergency number.

The Sinaia mountain rescue teams have at their disposal two snowmobiles with the help of which they intervene in case of emergency, serious injuries on the slopes or tourists in need on one of the mountain routes that remain open, Adevarul writes. ro.

Since the opening of the Cota 2000 slopes in Sinaia, snowmobiles have been transformed into taxis that respond to orders from those who refuse to be on the platform of the gondolas at 4.30pm, when the last transport is scheduled.

“We cannot leave them there, on the mountain. They have nowhere to sleep at night. There were cases in which we were asked to recover a family with two children from Cota 2000. They told us they wanted to stay too. once on the slope and they lost the last gondola, we have these kinds of requests every day, yes, sometimes we operate by taxi.

Some simply do not want to get down on time, although there are audio announcements that warn how far until the end of the cable installation program, “said Nae Cojanu, leader of mountain rescuers in Sinaia. Precisely because of the irresponsible behavior of some tourists who Sinaia City Council decided to fine those who wait for the descent of the “personal taxi” to the base of the mountain with considerable sums, not less than 2,500 lei is the value of the fine (1,200 lei if the fine is paid within 15 days).

“Since this announcement was made, these requests have calmed down a bit,” Nae Cojanu said. He explained that the snowmobile has a carrying capacity of two people, and to descend a group of skiers from Cota 2000 to Cota 1400 or less, more runs are needed. That means a lot of money spent on fuel in the first place, and blocking snowmobiles for a while that could intervene in real emergencies.

“There are days when we go up the mountain at 8 in the morning and go down late in the afternoon, if we do not have a difficult intervention on the route that can last until two or three in the morning, as has happened before” Nae said. Cojanu.

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