Holidaymaker in distress

Hiker rescued by helicopter after a fall

A trip to the Höllengebirge mountains ended painfully for a 53-year-old British woman. She twisted her ankle on the descent and fell a few meters, making it impossible for her to descend on her own. The woman was rescued by an emergency helicopter and flown to hospital.

On Monday, a 53-year-old British woman and her 60-year-old husband went hiking in the Höllengebirge mountains in the municipality of Steinbach am Attersee. The couple climbed from the Kaisigen district via the Stieg-Steig to the Geißalm and, after a rest, walked back down the same path towards the valley. At an altitude of around 1300 m, the woman twisted her ankle at around 10.50 am and fell a few meters into the mountain pines.

Rescued with a rope
As it was no longer possible for her to descend on her own, her husband made an emergency call. The Steinbach/Weyregg mountain rescue service, the "Martin 3" emergency helicopter and the Gmunden Alpine Police then set off. The crew of the emergency helicopter finally managed to rescue the injured woman using a 30m rope and fly her to the Salzkammergut Klinikum Vöcklabruck.