A 21-year-old from the Augsburg district is missing.
He wanted to climb the Watzmann.
The search had to be paused on Tuesday due to fog and fresh snow.
A 21-year-old from Untermeitingen (Augsburg district) has been missing since Friday.
He wanted to climb the Watzmann.
According to the police, the search had to be paused on Tuesday (October 13) due to the weather.
Update from October 13th, 1.40 p.m.:
The 21-year-old climber from Untermeitingen (Augsburg district) is still missing.
As a police spokesman said, the laborious
search
for the young man was
paused
on Tuesday
due to the weather
.
“Today, Tuesday, there is no flying weather due to poor visibility - at the moment our
options are exhausted,
” the spokesman continued.
Fog
and fresh snow made the search much more difficult, reports the mountain rescue service.
Significantly better weather is expected for Wednesday, then the search should be continued.
The young man did not return from a Watzmann tour on Friday.
On Sunday and Monday, a
helicopter
and drones were used to search for the missing 21-year-old in the summit area.
21-year-old wants to climb Watzmann: Now he's missing - “waist-high snow” makes search difficult
Initial report of 12 October:
Berchtesgaden / Ramsau - Since Friday (9 October), the 21-year-old
TrailRunner Valentin W
.
from Untermeitingen (Augsburg district) missing.
This was announced by the
Bavarian Red Cross (BRK)
district association Berchtesgadener Land.
All that is known is that he
parked his car
at the
Hammerstiel parking lot
and did not want to take the normal route to the
Watzmann
.
As it is said, the young man traveled alone from Munich on Friday to climb the Watzmann.
As the police investigations showed, he is likely to be either in the area of the
re-route
(small east wall) or the small Watzmann (Watzmann
woman
).
21-year-old from Augsburg missing on Watzmann: BRK publishes description
The
BRK
has published the following description of the 21-year-old's likely clothing:
Brown mountain pants
Orange down rain jacket
Mountain boots
21-year-old from the Augsburg am Watzmann district missing: Search made difficult by snow and fog
Several
mountain rescue teams
were already
on duty
yesterday
.
Around 30 emergency services from the Ramsau and Berchtesgaden mountain rescue services, the technology bus of the Chiemgau mountain rescue service and the BRK water rescue service searched the Watzmann area on foot, with a drone and binoculars, at the request of the police on Sunday.
“Fog, snowfall and, in places, waist-high snow”
made the search much more difficult.
The rescuers checked the alpine pastures and shelters as well as several summit and wall books, but found no evidence of the
missing
person
.
The search continues: “The BRK water rescue service searched the Rinnkendlsteig from the water with
binoculars
and brought emergency services by
boat
to Sankt Bartholomä, who walked over the ice chapel towards the east wall entrance and over the Neiger to Salet.
More troops climbed to the Mooslahnerkopf and on in the direction of Kleiner Watzmann, although they had to turn back at the level of the gendarme because of the adverse conditions.
In the
Watzmannkar
and in the direction of the
Watzmann children
, the troops made very slow progress due to the snow, which was waist-deep in places.
An additional team was on the way at the Watzmannhaus (Falzkopf) and towards Hocheck;
more forces in Wimbachgries, on Südspitz descent and in the area between Kühroint, Herrenroint, Schapbach, greenstone descent and Mitterkaseralm, while the were supported from the air by the drones team of technology bus. "
crisis intervention service
(KID) of the mountain rescue service took care meanwhile to the parents of the 21-year-old.
21-year-old #Trailrunner missing on #Watzmann: https: //t.co/eMbazliuHj
- SALZBURG24 (@ Salzburg24) October 12, 2020
The search for a missing 21-year-old goes on: He wanted to climb the Watzmann
Today attempts are being made “if the visibility is favorable, also with a
helicopter
and a drone in the snow-covered Watzmann area.
The BRK also asks possible witnesses to contact the Berchtesgaden police station on 08652 / 9467-0.
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