Monday, August 25, 2025

At least eight injured as ski lift fails in Gudauri, Georgia

TBILISI, DFWatch–At least eight people were injured in an accident in Georgia’s ski resort Gudauri Friday as after a ski lift failed. Two people – a Swedish and Ukrainian national – are in a serious but not life threatening condition, while the others suffered minor injuries, Minister of Health Davit Sergeenko said, speaking to Imedi … Read more

Busy season for Georgia's mountain rescue workers

Elbrus, Europe's highest mountain, 5 642 m, is part of the greater Caucasus range and lies in Kabardino-Balkaria and Karachay–Cherkessia, Russia, close to the Georgian border. (Photo: Aleksander Sorel.)

TBILISI, DFWatch – Georgian rescue workers have conducted three separated operations to save foreign climbers stuck in the Georgian mountains.

One Russian climber slipped when he was going out of his tent. He fell down from the cliff and died. The other two in his

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Tbilisi death jumpers used car safety belt, likely cause

Organizers say they used a car safety belt to attach the ropes to the bridge. The lock may have failed, causing the accident. Two people died. (FB.)

TBILISI, DFWatch – The inquest into the death of a 23 year old woman and a 25 year old man after a rope jump from a bridge in Tbilisi is not yet finished, but there are indications that what caused the tragedy was the use of a provisional mechanism involving

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Two die in rope jumping accident in Tbilisi

A man and a woman died after jumping off a bridge in Tbilisi Sunday, tied with climbers' ropes. (FB.)

TBILISI, DFWatch – A 23-year old woman and a 25-year old man died in a rope jumping accident in Tbilisi on Sunday.

The two jumped together from a bridge. The woman, Mariam Kandashvili, died on the spot, while the man, Goga Goletiani, was taken to hospital,

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