He is the only one of the four mountaineers to have survived a fall from a height of 300 metres in the Alaskan mountain range. Following the accident, he spent nearly two months receiving treatment at a hospital in Anchorage.
Immediately after landing in Rīga, Bilzēns was placed in the care of medical staff.
Through Latvian Television, the mountaineer’s family would like to thank everyone who donated funds to enable Mārtiņš to return to his homeland following this ...