Tragedy on the Watzmann: Mountaineer falls hundreds of meters - friends have to make a difficult decision. A rescuer from the Ramsau mountain rescue service picked up the two companions with the winch of the Christoph 14 rescue helicopter.
The two companions were taken to the Bad Reichenhall district clinic by an ambulance crew from the Berchtesgaden Red Cross to have their abrasions and bruises treated. The body was recovered by a police helicopter, two mountain guides and a mountain rescue officer shortly before darkness.