A 41-year-old climber didn’t know how to get back from a via ferrata in Hallstatt, ended up completely exhausted in front of a rock wall and had to be rescued in the last light of day. The mountain rescue chief of Upper Austria calls on recreational athletes to prepare well for tours.
“Check the tour and route carefully in advance. “Also: how do I get back down and how long will it take,” Christoph Preimesberger, regional manager of the Upper Austrian Mountain Rescue Service, asks the “Krone”. The reason for this is the case of a 41-year-old alpinist who marched up a mountain without really knowing how to get back down.
Salvation in the last light of day
As reported, things went well in Hallstatt on Wednesday. A 41-year-old from Graz was there on the via ferrata on the Seewand. He heard about the climb on the internet in advance, but not about the route down. Because it initially leads away from a parking lot and this seemed strange to the Graz resident, the 41-year-old took a wrong turn into unknown and impassable terrain.
Completely exhausted, he came to a stop in front of a rock wall and called around 8 p.m. The athlete had started his journey around 12.30 pm. At last light, the lost climber was rescued by a police helicopter.
Rope from German trio got stuck
Two days earlier, three experienced climbers from Germany had also taken a wrong turn. The trio went on tour at Totenköpfl near the Vorderen Langbathsee. The athletes immediately recognized their mistake and started rappelling, but the rope got stuck – they also had to be rescued with the help of a rope from the helicopter.
Source: Krone
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