Two tragedies occurred in the Austrian Alps on Friday. A 50-year-old and a 60-year-old died in separate mountain tours. Both are according to police from Germany.
The 50-year-old crashed as part of a group of three in an ice crack in the Ötztal Alps. He later died of his injuries in the hospital. According to police, the man comes from near Dortmund. The other two also contracted injuries.
The three climbers had started as part of a five-member group on Friday to Wildspitze. It is a 3768 meter high summit in the Ötztal Alps.
While two alpinists reversed on the way, the others reached the summit. During the descent, the three of them stumbled down a steep snow slope for unknown reasons, and then about ten meters deep into a crevasse. One of them was able to use the mobile phone to contact one of the inverted colleagues, who then alerted emergency services.
Fall in the climbing garden
Also on Friday, a 60-year-old from North Rhine-Westphalia died during a climb. This reports, inter alia, the "Munich Merkur".
The man was therefore part of a guided tripartite rope in the climbing garden Tieftal in Nassereith on the road. During the tour he fell backwards into the rope. He remained loud "Mercury" while hanging upside down, as the police said. His companions roped off the man, and resuscitation was started immediately.
The alarmed rescuers hid the man by dew, but the emergency doctor could only determine the death of the man.
