A mountain tour in the Ammer Mountains came to a sad end on Wednesday. A hiker fell to his death on the Pürschling in front of his wife.
Unterammergau - It has just been a week since there was a mountain death in the Ammergau Alps : A 72-year-old vacationer from the Main-Taunus district crashed in front of his family on the Laber. Now the mountain rescue service had to move out again and was only able to rescue a 74-year-old hiker dead in the Pürschling area . Here, too, who had to wife the crash View with her husband.
Pürschling / Ammergau Alps: Wife hears noise - then she sees her husband falling to his death
The couple from the Landsberg district took the mountain railway from Oberammergau to the Kolbensattel on Wednesday and then hiked on to the Pürschlinghaus . After a snack, the hikers set out over the Sonnenberg ridge towards Zahn (1619 m). This is a popular tour, but in some exposed places it requires surefootedness and a head for heights . There are wire rope-secured passages and short, easy climbing sections .
The wife (67) walked in front of her husband on the narrow path. Suddenly she heard a noise behind her. She turned around and watched the 74-year-old slip . Apparently, according to the police, he was out of step and then lost his balance . He could no longer hold on, fell about 100 meters over steep, rock-strewn terrain and suffered fatal injuries.
Ammergau Alps: Hiker crashes on Pürschling - wife suffers shock
The wife immediately made an emergency call , but the emergency doctor , who was dropped by a rescue helicopter at the crash site , could only determine the death of the man. The corpse was recovered from the steep terrain using a winch by the Edelweiß 2 police helicopter, two members of the alpine police force and comrades from the Unterammergau mountain rescue service . These also accompanied the wife into the valley, where she was then looked after by the crisis interventionist on the mountain.
