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Snow-covered Zugspitze (archive image)
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A climber from North Rhine-Westphalia died on the north face of the Zugspitze.
As the police announced on Wednesday, the 62-year-old from near Bergisch-Gladbach was looking for the right way on Tuesday in the upper part of the route known as the "Iron Age".
The climber lost his footing and fell 20 to 30 meters.
The mountain rescue service and the alpine task force of the police were deployed with helicopters.
The man died at the scene of the accident and could only be recovered dead.
His 55-year-old companion from the Cologne area was unharmed.
The route taken by the two men is only sparingly secured with bolts and leads through steep, exposed and partly brittle terrain in the upper part.
Finding the way is considered difficult.
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