Local rescue service chief says two helicopters had to be used after man, 60, ventured on to path closed due to risk
A British hiker has been charged more than €14,000 (£12,000) by the Italian mountain rescue service after ignoring danger warnings in the Dolomites.
The man, aged 60, had to be rescued after venturing to the Ferrata Berti, a rocky mountain path at an altitude of 2,500 metres (8,200ft) in the San Vito di Cadore area of the northern Italian peaks where dozens of paths were closed last week because of the high risk of landslides.
Nicola Cherubin, the chief of the alpine rescue service in San Vito di Cadore, said the man, who has not been named, set off from the Passo Tre Croci, near Cortina d’Ampezzo in Belluno province, on Thursday morning and made his way to the Ferrata Berti, bypassing barriers and ignoring the closure sign, written in English and Italian, at the start of the path and others urging hikers to turn back.
He sounded the alarm at about 3.30pm on Thursday after becoming distressed by falling rocks.
