A leisurely walk on the Turracher Höhe turned into a rescue mission on Saturday – a German couple had followed the wrong markings…
Directly from their hotel, a 69-year-old German holidaymaker and his 62-year-old wife left for Schwarzsee. “They then went on the cross-country ski trail towards Weitental, municipality of Albeck,” the police reported. “In the area there they wanted to return towards Turracher Höhe, but mistakenly followed the hiking trail towards Engeleriegel.”
However, the German couple did not find pleasant conditions on this forest and hiking trail – there is still snow. Around 2 p.m. they finally had to give up exhausted at an altitude of 2000 meters. “Due to exhaustion they could no longer continue and called the hotel. This then set the rescue chain in motion,” police said.
The Libelle police helicopter took off from Klagenfurt and was able to locate the two lost hikers around 3 p.m. “The helicopter landed in the area and flew them back to Turracher Höhe. “The couple was somewhat exhausted but unharmed,” police concluded.
Source: Krone
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