The event took place in the background of integrated allied exercises Sarmis-25, on a mountain scope close Grohotis. 1 of the Romanian soldiers of the 20th Infantry Battalion, commonly referred to as the "Negri Scorpions" in Romania, was expected to have a abrupt collapse of the weather and snowstorm. The reason, as the Operations Command of the RSZ reveals, was to be the cold and weakening of the soldier during the march to the top of the hill.