The drama around a woman who died on the Großglockner from Salzburg also shocked the Salzburger Alpinist Rupert Hauer and his partner Anita Maruna. They know the hard world all too well.
Rupert Hauer from Mauternorf is an alpine police officer and extreme mountaineer. He has been at the top of Mount Everest six times and climbed another six tops of 8,000 meters. Top victories on our wide -life buddies, including the Großglockner, are almost self -evident for alpinists like him. There are dangers everywhere lurking, also in the Glockner. But he doesn’t want to judge the cold death of a woman from Salzburg. “It can also be extreme for us if it storms and you can move very slowly,” says his partner Anita Maruna. She is a highartist and in practice Dr. Land meter there for patients in Obertauern in the winter. Both guide expeditions to the highest mountains in the world for a Tyrolean company.
It is a world of extremes. For example, when Sherpa’s tent places from meters high and the participants the first time they have to get out of the tent have to put on stiffens.
Large crowds for expeditions of 8000 meters
Nevertheless: expeditions of 8,000 meters, especially to Mount Everest, are on the rise. “Our people are well prepared in advance,” says Hauer. The mountains themselves always lure him to something new. It looks a bit like a love-hate relationship-with the necessary respect. You probably also ask yourself questions about why. “But special feelings of happiness are waiting at the top.”
The cold also influences the substance: if the air becomes thinner, the blood circulation decreases and toes or fingers can freeze. “It is very bad to start with wet socks,” says Hauer about tips from the expedition leaders.
He once reached his own limit by climbing the Everest from the Chinese side. “A snow -blind American approached me.” Hauer traveled without oxygen and helped. Or there are very different dangers: “One participant was allergic to peanuts,” says Maruna. A companion caused a dangerous reaction with a well -intended meal.
Does that have to be? Where is the responsibility? After the tragedy with a mountain climber on the Großglockner, an judgment can be made quickly remotely. Questions remain unanswered. The fact is that the mountains attract more and more people to extreme heights. A sort of highway now leads to Mount Everest. Photos of expeditions in Rijen continue to circulate all over the world. And even at these heights, technology removes part of the unpredictable power of nature. Because there is WiFi up to the top, the weather reports are even more accurate today. The call to all mountain fans remains not to overestimate themselves.
Source: Krone
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