Two vacationers called the emergency number at the Watzmann, they had got lost and could no longer get any further.
The mission was demanding, as the BRK reports.
Berchtesgaden - "Bergwacht Berchtesgaden & 'Christoph 14' save exaggerated duo from freezing to death in the Watzmann-Ostwand."
On Monday afternoon (October 11th) the mountain rescue service * Berchtesgaden had to move out to rescue two vacationers from Middle Franconia and Berlin who had gotten into the Watzmann-Ostwand.
The mission was demanding, but "despite all the risks and difficult circumstances, it ended well in the end."
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Watzmann / Bavaria: The vacationer duo is in need - helicopter in action
The two 20 and 26 year old men actually wanted to take the Berchtesgadener Weg to the southern tip. However, they were overwhelmed with the terrain, as reported by the BRK, and had difficulties finding their way around. At around 3:40 p.m., at a height of around 1920 meters, far away from the path south above the waterfall wall, they made an emergency call. They had not gotten any further in the crumbling terrain, one of the two had also injured his knee.
The Traunstein rescue helicopter * "Christoph 14" set off on a search.
The rescuers were able to locate the vacationers, "but because of their exposed position, which is dangerous for falling, they could not fly to them directly," it says.
The helicopter therefore set down two mountain rescuers with the winch at an angle of about one pitch below the actual deployment site.
One of the rescuers had to climb up through the brittle rock to the duo and cross.
Watzmann: Mountain rescue service rescues vacationers from dangerous situations
It was slowly getting dark, however, and snowfall had been announced. That is why "every minute counted to prevent the rescuers and those who had climbed up from staying behind in the wintry wall in frosty temperatures and precipitation and having to bivouac there under the most adverse conditions." East wall back. There a rescuer was first picked up with a vacationer and transported to Kühroint. In the second approach, the second rescuer and his climbers were picked up and brought to Schneewinkel “in the last light of day”. The Berchtesgaden mountain rescue service had to refuel “Christoph 14” with its kerosene trailer during the operation.
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