• 2026.07.24.
• Borzsony, Kisinoc, Nagy-hideg-hegy, Nagybörzsöny, News, Perocseny, Remete cave, Rescue
• Börzsöny Speciális Mentők

Incident 1 – Rope rescue near the Remete Cave

Two young hikers set off towards the Remete Cave from entirely the wrong direction, attempting to reach it from the railway tracks by climbing directly up the steep mountainside.

There is an approach from this direction towards the old quarry, but instead of following it, the pair attempted to climb straight up the steep slope below the caves. Eventually, they reached a point where they could no longer continue upwards. Moving down or sideways was no longer safe either, as they kept slipping on the loose rocks.

They therefore decided to call the 112 emergency number for assistance.
Following an alert from the Disaster Management Authority, professional firefighters from Vác, volunteer firefighters from Nagymaros and members of the Börzsöny Mountain Rescue Service were dispatched to the scene.

Meanwhile, the Mountain Rescue Service duty officer established the exact location of the two stranded hikers and was able to provide the responding units with precise coordinates.

The emergency units met on Main Road 12 and continued on foot towards the stranded hikers. Due to the steep and rocky terrain, the Mountain Rescue Service's rope rescue specialists set up a rope system. With rope protection, and assisted by the professional firefighters from Vác and the volunteer firefighters from Nagymaros, they escorted the two hikers safely down the steep slope to the railway tracks.

During the operation, the Disaster Management Authority requested MÁV, the Hungarian railway operator, to impose a temporary speed restriction on trains passing through the area until the rescue had been completed.
Fortunately, the two young hikers suffered only minor abrasions and did not require hospital treatment.

Incident 2 – Ankle injury at Vár-nyereg

While the rescue at the Remete Cave was still underway, the duty officer of the Pest County Search and Rescue Service contacted the Mountain Rescue Service to report that the Hungarian National Ambulance Service had requested assistance with an injured hiker at Vár-nyereg, in the northern part of the Börzsöny Mountains.
The Mountain Rescue Service dispatcher immediately assessed the situation and realised that there was no sufficiently quick conventional option for reaching the casualty: the Service's only off-road vehicle was already deployed at the Remete Cave rescue.

The dispatcher therefore called the mayor of Perőcsény, László Darányi. The people of Perőcsény are a remarkable community who have assisted the Mountain Rescue Service during rescue operations on many previous occasions, and this time was no different. A retired national park ranger — also named László Darányi — and József Varga immediately got into an off-road vehicle, picked up the ambulance crew waiting at the edge of the village and headed straight towards the casualty.

They reached the injured hiker within a short time. The ambulance crew examined and treated the casualty, who was then transported back to the ambulance with the assistance of the volunteers from Perőcsény.

Incident 3 – Ankle injury near János Spring

At around 4 p.m., another request for assistance came in, this time directly through the Mountain Rescue Service's SOS number.
A woman hiking with a larger group had taken a bad step and suffered an ankle injury on the Mária Trail, near János Spring.
Three mountain rescuers immediately responded from the Service's base in Szokolya and reached the casualty approximately forty minutes later.

The team's emergency medical technician examined and treated the injured woman. She was then placed in the Mountain Rescue Service's off-road vehicle and transported to the Kisinóc tourist lodge, where a unit of the Hungarian National Ambulance Service was already waiting for them.
The casualty was handed over to the ambulance crew and subsequently transported to the hospital in Vác for further examination and treatment.

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