Fear of descent: Helicopter had to save hikers

2023-08-12 15:13:00

The reason for this was the steep terrain and the old snow. The innkeeper then informed the emergency services. However, similar cases occurred in Tyrol.

The Belgian group had previously hiked from the Totalphütte via the Schesaplana to the Mannheimer Hütte, where they stayed overnight. The hut is located on the Brandner Glacier at an altitude of 2,679 meters. The police said that they would suggest offsetting the operation “due to a lack of tour preparation”.

Rescued German was in a hurry

A hiker from Germany will also pay for an assignment. He got lost on Thursday at Hechenberg near Innsbruck due to the fog, and the mountain rescue team could not use the helicopter due to the weather. When she found the man, according to the head of the Innsbruck mountain rescue service, Bruno Berloffa, he said that he was in a hurry and had to get to the valley as quickly as possible, the mountain rescuer reported shaking his head to the “Tiroler Tageszeitung” and the Tyrolean edition of the “Kronen Newspaper”. Berloffa once again criticized the lack of tour planning on the part of many alpinists and wants to charge for the effort.

Two Hungarians recovered by helicopter

On the Großglockner in Tyrol there was also an operation on Friday because two alpinists from Hungary had not made any progress. The two had to be rescued at an altitude of around 3,500 meters. The two were on the demanding Stüdlgrat. They were also rescued by the police helicopter and flown to the Stüdlhütte.

Two sisters saved

Two young climbers in Schmirn in the Tyrolean Wipptal had overestimated themselves on Friday. A 16-year-old and her 22-year-old sister wanted to climb the Peter Kofler via ferrata when the 16-year-old was apparently physically and technically overwhelmed in the first third of the Stafflachwand. She fell from a short height into the via ferrata set and was slightly injured. The 22-year-old made the emergency call, and the mountain rescue team finally brought the sisters down into the valley.