Fortunately, he had his mobile phone with him: a 61-year-old paraglider crashed near Brandkogel in Upper Austria on Saturday afternoon and got stuck between two trees. He was able to call 911 and was rescued.
“He was stuck between two trees about ten meters high,” Michael Mauler reports to the “Krone”. Mauler was on site as Chief of Operations for the Steyr-Losenstein Mountain Rescue Service.
crash over forest
A 61-year-old paraglider crashed on Saturday afternoon for unknown reasons above the wooded area near the Brandkogel in Ternberg. It couldn’t have been a lack of experience: the victim has been practicing his sport for 34 years, says Mauler. For the first time, something happened to him.
Fire brigade abseiled paragliders
Fortunately not much, because it went smoothly. Two fire brigades were the first on the scene after the emergency call. The high-altitude rescue team climbed the tree, tied up the paraglider, and then tied it down with a rope. The man was freed unharmed from his helpless position among the treetops.
Meanwhile, mountain rescuer Mauler and his five-man team stretched a rope railing on the ground, because the accident happened in steep forest area. With the help of the mountain rescuers, the paraglider and the fire brigade were able to safely bridge the approximately 100 meters in the steep railing.
Source: Krone
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