Huge trouble over German Alpine tourists in Tyrol: landlord and mountain rescue team are almost losing their faith. And then it turned out the ski tourers had never left home and were sitting in the living room.

Some people know it can be expensive for them to engage in unnecessary mountaineer activity. But what they are said to have said to the innkeeper is less comprehensible. They didn't think it was necessary to inform anyone about their delay, reports Martin Aschauer. There was no need for all the drama.