​A man and a woman who climbed the mountain on Saturday in leggings and sports shoes were found by mountain rescuers from Neamts district. Two were found wet, frozen near the summit of Toak in the Chehlau massif.

The intervention prompted a reaction from chief Salvamont Neamts, who wrote in a Facebook post: “I’ve seen a lot in my life spent in rescue operations, but going into the empire of ice in pantyhose and naked I don’t think he could have imagined.”

Two young people, a man and a woman, called Salvamont on Saturday night, around 7:00 p.m., after a seven-hour ascent of Chahlau by telephone.

“Conversation and a little confused data… they came up from Dureu and want to go down there, but they can’t anymore, they have no accommodation in Dureu and they would like to reach Piatra Neamts tonight… I think the temperature the body’s strength is rapidly dwindling, so it’s not long until dark, and we must act quickly to avoid… a very long night. What followed was just routine, nothing spectacular, nothing of flavor and experience of knife edge operations. Redirection of the team to Mount Lespezi and Cabana Dochia, mobilization of the team that provides intervention in the high altitude area, radio communication, equipment and procedure for the prevention of hypothermia, etc. They were found somewhere in the Lespetsi area. Wet, frozen, holding each other to preserve even the last feelings of warmth. As for the equipment they wanted to survive a mountain tour at 2000 meters, it really shocked us. I have seen a lot in my life spent in the field of rescue operations, but to go to the empire of ice in pantyhose and with bare ankles, I don’t think even Dana Budeanu could have imagined it,” wrote the head of Salvamont Neamţ Raoul Papalissef on Facebook.

He explained that the two tourists left Dureu at lunchtime and although they passed in front of the rescue base, they did not ask for directions, allowing themselves to be guided by their mobile phones.

“They climbed for 7 hours, seven hours of torment, seven hours that brought them closer to the tragic outcome with every minute. In the end, they made only one wise decision. They called Salvamont Dispatch while they still had the strength to talk and move. A phone can save you just as the same device and apps can be fatal. People save people! There are no cars,” Papalitsef added.