Abandoned Equipment – Walkers wait for hours on the mountain on one leg

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Incredible scenes took place in the Zugspitze in the municipal area of ​​Ehrwald in the Tyroolean. A German walker came from the Zugspitze to the steep site on the descent and could not get any further. He had to persist on one leg for a few hours before the Mountain Rescue could free him from his perilous situation.

The German was on Saturday with four other people at the Zugspitze. During the descent, the group finally varied because they were different.

The walker missed the right path under the Wiener-Neustädter Hut and stepped on the steep terrain. “It then got stuck in a crash, steep piece and then stood on one leg around 9 p.m.,” says Stefan Kewitz, Mountain Rescuer of Ehrwald.

More man recovered
The mountain pastors initially only knew a man in Mountainous. This was restored hours earlier by the user helicopter with De Lier. His colleague, however, continued on the mountain.

For the time being the operation was over for the Mountain Rescue. They heard about the German Mountain Rescue Service that a second person was also missing. They immediately moved again. “A group of Dutch people who went to climb and heard cries shouting was also on the way,” says Kewitz.

Difficult night mission
It soon became clear to the emergency services that the missing person must be in a wall of the Bavaria. They could not find the man there initially because of the dark. “With the drone we could find him and see that he was at a very small level at an altitude of 60 meters,” said the Mountain Rescuer.

It was almost because the heavy material also had to be brought to the site. At that moment nobody could fly the helicopter. Around 5 o’clock the desire for liberation for German tourists. He was sustained by the mountain riders.

Insufficient footwear
“His leg hurt, but he could get off after a short warm -up and we took him to the local site,” says Kewitz, and continues: “It is a miracle that he survived and could stand for so long.

Source: Krone

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