In reply to mrbird:
> Norwegians post report in to the findings from the accident on the 20th February.
> "The rescue team that arrived did not seem to have experience, and lacked equipment (screws/crampons etc.) for rescue in ice. They probably wouldn't have gotten the climber up in time without the help of those present.
Ironic then that Golsjuvet was effectively closed off for a couple of days this season in order to practice climber rescue techniques by the team. Further irony that the recent FB post from the rescue team suggested that all climbers should consider a climber rescue type course. Haven't done a rescue course, so don't know how useful they would be is they sorts of situations? Ie are they going to be useful for climbers falling in ice cold water?
I was first on the scene when a climber sustained fatal injuries on Lipton in Rjukan many years ago. I noticed similarly weird things. They sent a sea king for example but then realised in the moment that it couldn't serve any purpose. One thing I noticed that was very different from the UK was that the emergency services didn't hand over full responsibility to the climbing rescue team and let them say how they wanted resources to be used. I don't know if that has changed since then.
I don't think there are many climbers involved in mountain rescue teams in Norway. Guess it's hard to find enough local climbers in somewhere like Hemsedal. Not many climbers actually living in the vicinity. Sometimes the case of flying people in, which must add to the complexities.
Not all bad though. Read about Paula Voldner's rescue from Kjerag a number years ago. That was an impressive rescue. Kjerag is one of Norway's biggest big walls for anybody unfamiliar. Sure there are other positive cases.