Rescuer: People are unteachable. They wear sandals in the mountains

Ivan Krajčír talks about forgotten and dangerous hiking spots in Slovakia.

Ivan Krajčír, 54, has worked as a mountain rescuer since 1988. He is also a mountain guide. Ivan Krajčír, 54, has worked as a mountain rescuer since 1988. He is also a mountain guide. (Source: Archive of I. Krajčír)

Rescuer and mountain guide IVAN KRAJČÍR has seen everything in his service of 30 years.

He and his colleagues once carried a 120-kilogram tourist who had broken his legs. A few years ago, he saved a child that fell out of its parent's hiking baby carrier down a waterfall in the Slovenský raj national park (Slovak Paradise).

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Krajčír, therefore, knows how to plan a safe hike. In the interview, he also talks about the places where tourists do not go often, or in big numbers, despite the fact that it is well worth it.

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Recently, there was an accident on the Tomášovský výhľad rock (Tomášovský View). A Polish tourist fell over the edge and succumbed to their injuries. Why has this place become such a frequent scene of tragedy?

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