Missing Cyclists Found Alive in São Paulo’s Serra do Mar After Six-Day Search

Overview

• Gilberto Alves, 62, and Carlos Gomes Pereira, 56, were located on January 20 around 1 p.m., conscious and without apparent injuries.
• After extraction by the Águia helicopter, they received first aid, reunited with relatives, and were taken to Hospital das Clínicas for medical evaluation.
• The multi-day search covered at least 277 kilometers of trails with more than 100 kilometers of helicopter overflight coordinated by the 6th and 18th Firefighting Groups.
• Teams used a geolocation mapping app to track routes, mark points of interest, and apply cell-tower signal radii to organize coverage across numerous trails and waterways.
• Authorities mobilized after a January 15 missing-person report, hours after Alves’s 3 p.m. voice message said they were lost and descending a river during a ride planned toward Cachoeira da Salete.