Yang, the 63-year-old president of the Tainan City Mountaineering Association, joined a 24-person mountaineering team on July 6 to climb South Cha Tian Mountain in Fuxing District, Taoyuan City. However, he claimed to have forgotten his radio and needed to return to get it. He became separated from the group during the ascent and went missing. At 2:18 p.m. on the 14th, the Taoyuan City Fire Department discovered Yang’s body. Rescue personnel are still in the process of rappelling down to retrieve the body.
In response to hikers’ doubts about the Taoyuan City Fire Department deliberately withholding the “GPS tracking map” used in the search, the fire department explained that from July 6 to 13 — a total of nine days — they mobilized 411 rescue personnel, eight search dogs, and involved not only firefighters, volunteer firefighters, police, and forestry officials, but also local youth mountain rescue teams. They also coordinated with 18 other units including the military, civilian rescue organizations, and mountaineering groups. Additionally, they requested personnel support from the Tainan City Fire Department and helicopter assistance from the Ministry of the Interior’s Air Rescue Squadron for the mountain rescue operation.
Rescue teams conduct morning briefings at 8 a.m. each day, led by team leaders, where they divide into search groups, plan rescue routes, and share information and search trajectory maps with those deployed on-site. They then focus their searches on potential hotspots. After concluding search efforts each evening, immediate debriefing meetings are held. Regrettably, although Yang’s traces were found on the 14th, he was confirmed to have already passed away.
(China Times)