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Emergency call made – couple hanging in rock wall: rescue with 100 meters of rope
Spectacular rescue operation Friday evening in the Tyrolean Wetterstein Mountains: a local climbing couple became stuck on a rock face after the rope got...
“No Friends Anymore” – The man who took Reinhold Messner’s world record
Eberhard Jurgalski has never been to the Himalayas, but he knows all the peaks and routes and knows who topped the climbs and who...
Guinness decision – world record revoked: this is how Reinhold Messner reacts
Mountaineering legend Reinhold Messner reacted calmly to the loss of two titles in the Guinness Book of Records. Until now, Messner was considered...
After the K2 tragedy, Tyroleans start a mountaineering school in Pakistan
At the initiative of Wilhelm Steindl (31), the first academy for mountaineers in Pakistan is established - for greater safety on the tops of...
Poorly prepared – neither forward nor backward: alpinists were stuck
Another case of underestimated alpine mountaineering: two locals (both 26) set off from Neustift in the Stubai Valley on Saturday for a challenging route...
