Laborious rescue
Poorly planned: Hiker gets lost in a thunderstorm
A 46-year-old hiker from Hungary got lost on the descent from Eisenerzer Reichenstein on Sunday after choosing an alternative route via a cell phone app. A rescue by helicopter was not possible due to wind and thunderstorms, which made for a very demanding mission for the mountain rescue team.
At around 10 p.m. on Sunday, an emergency call was received from a hiker who had lost his way on the descent from Eisenerzer Reichenstein (Leoben district) and was unable to continue. Alpine police and mountain rescue teams immediately set out to search for him.
At around 11.15 pm, the man was found on a steep and impassable hiking trail at over 1600 meters above sea level. At the time, thunderstorms were raging in the region and it was very windy. Rescue by air was not possible.
Rescue took over three hours
The mountain rescuers roped up the man and brought him down to the valley. The laborious rescue operation took over three hours. The severely exhausted hiker was taken to the LKH Leoben for clarification.
According to him, he wanted to choose a different descent via a cell phone app and lost his way.
This article has been automatically translated,
read the original article here.
Liebe Leserin, lieber Leser,
die Kommentarfunktion steht Ihnen ab 6 Uhr wieder wie gewohnt zur Verfügung.
Mit freundlichen Grüßen
das krone.at-Team
