This is a video showcasing a training mission for the Polish Mountain Volunteer Search and Rescue (called in Poland GOPR- Gorskie Ochotnicze Pogotowie Ratunkowe) groups along with the Polish division of HEMS – Helicopter Emergency Medical Service (in Poland called LPR – Lotnicze Pogotowie Ratunkowe) during an April day in the Bieszczady Mountains. While GOPR is not a military force, they certainly appear to be well equipped and trained.
Thanks to Radek
Tags: Poland
if you like this one you should also look for something about Mountain Volunteer Search and Rescue in Tatra Mountains – TOPR (Tatrza?skie Ochotnicze Pogotowie Ratunkowe) – Tatra are completely different mountains than Bieszczady, more like Alps. GOPR & TOPR are the good spirits of our mountains!
cheers form Krakow.
Cool video, as a kid I grew up in the Bieszczady, Poland. These guys were always tough, but their equipment came a long way. Back then a lot of these guys would literally purchase their own gear, not sure how it is now but I suspect like most of us in the armed forces here in US we go out and get better gear.
Awesome video.