On the 24th of March 2025, at 10:47 p.m., a phone call was received from the emergency service of the Baranya County Disaster Management Directorate that a man who had been missing in the Máriagyűd area and had been searched for with great force since the afternoon, was finally found on the side of the Siklós quarry, at a depth of about 20-25 meters. Professional fire brigades from several cities arrived at the scene; however, it became evident, that alpine techniques were definitely required to reach the presumably injured young man. After the phone call, the Southern Hungary Regional Unit of the Hungarian Cave Rescue Service (BMSZ) was ordered to be on standby.

At 11:24 p.m., the county emergency service requested that the team should go to the scene. The regional unit from Orfű, Abaliget and Pécs arrived at the scene with 4 members at the time of 00:39 am. Upon arrival, professional and volunteer firefighting units had already reached the injured person, who was already in a serious and life-threatening condition. The team began to pull the injured person to the top of the quarry using a hauling system. Our members provided assistance in operating the hauling system and then in lifting the injured person to the edge of the quarry pit.

On December 21, while the final preparations for the concert were taking place on stage of Theater Hall, some spectators were caving towards the stage, a DINPI adventure tour for non-caver enthusiasts was climbing in direction to the surface. Towards the end of the tour, during a climb, one of the hikers got injured, his shoulder was dislocated. This type of injury is normally very painful and makes it impossible to leave the cave without help safely.

In this case, for the visitor in trouble, this type of injury was not the first case, so he had moderate pain, no other trauma, he was in good general condition, when the thinking of how to rescue him began. They didn't have to go far, because there were several rescuers present in the cave among the audience and the members of the Speleo Band, so we rushed to the aid of the injured man in the guise of the Cave Rescue Service, we were able to carry out one of the fastest evacuations in our history.

Given the good condition of the injured man, the proximity of the exit, and the easy cave terrain, we developed an assisted rescue plan that worked even with a limited number of rescue resources.

Two hikers set out from Dobogokő around noon on Tuesday 8 October to hike one of the most visited trails in the Visegrád-hegység, the Rám-szakadék. According to locals, they were preparing for a 4-hour hike, which turned out to be a lot more in the end.

They successfully completed the demainding route and then lost the signs of the hiking trail when they emerged from the gorge and got lost around 6 pm. Tired and unable to find their way back to the hiking trail on their own, they called a friend who contacted the Hungarian Cave Rescue Service (BMSz) incident manager around 7 pm.

Fortunately, with the help of the phone of the hikers, the incident manager was able to identify the exact location of the lost hikers and alerted two cave rescuers from Pomáz at 19:30. The cave rescuers set off shortly afterwards with food, hot drinks, headlamps and extra gear and then telephoned the lost hikers. Luckily they were close to the Hoffman-vadászház so the cave rescuers directed them there.

The next story tells the background of the paraglider accident and the rescue operation that happened on 11 th of September 11, 2024, Wednesday afternoon from three different point of view. Feri is the paraglider, who suffered the accident, Joci, his friend who tried to help him by himself and finally from the aspect of BMSZ – the Hungarian Cave Rescue service, who performed the rescue.

Feri, the paraglider: It started out to be a pretty ideal time for a long-distance flight. I managed to be the first to take off from Vértesszőlős and the first to land in Szárliget... I watched 5 paragliders in disgust as they flew about 300-400 meters above me and survived... That's okay, it is how it is. I decided to go back because the bad weather was coming and I wanted to fly before it. After 3 o'clock in the afternoon I was at the starting point again, with 3 other pilots. I sulked and told that it didn't work out at Szárliget, so now I do not even plan to go far, I would only fly locally. I took off after half past four, and almost immediately the current lifted me up with an ascent of over 1,000 meters. So I decided to head for Tornyópuszta - to my surprise, everything worked out well...

The last weekend of this year's summer brought beautiful weather, perfect for flying. None the less, there were two accidents in different parts of the country concerning paragliders.

The first accident occurred on Friday afternoon in Budapest, on the Hármashatár Hegy. After receiving an alert via SMS, two rescuers specialised in tree climbing were dispatched following a short briefing. The paraglider pilot was able to provide his exact location, making it easy to locate him.

Upon arrival, they found a man stuck in the branches of a tree, approximately 9 meters above the ground. His position was stable, and he was not injured in the landing.

On Thursday morning, a rescue operation for a Czech cave researcher took place in the Alsó-hegy region. The caves of Alsó-hegy have been explored not only by generations of Hungarian cavers but also by Czech speleologists for several decades. Their work has provided us with extensive information and precise maps of many caves in the Alsó-hegy. They have made significant progress in several cave exploration, and in 2022, they discovered the currently 11-meter deep Éves-zsomboly. Each year, we eagerly read the summary of their team's work and peruse their monograph on the Alsó-hegy, published in both Czech and English language. 

This year's expedition camp was set up next to the Jég Cave in Komjáti, from where they conducted their research trips.