Woman missed him

Hiker (62) falls to his death in the Gesäuse

After a 62-year-old man failed to return from a hike in the Liezen district on Wednesday, his wife informed the emergency services. On Thursday, the missing man from Upper Austria was found by the emergency services. However, all help came too late for him.

An intensive search had been underway for him in the Gesäuse region of Upper Styria (Liezen district) since Wednesday evening, but on Thursday it was finally a sad certainty: a hiker reported missing by his wife was dead and emergency services were only able to recover his body.

The 62-year-old man from the Linz-Land district had set off in the direction of Peternscharte at around 6.45 am on Wednesday. The alpine sportsman, who was hiking alone, is believed to have fallen on the ascent near the Peternpfad and then plummeted 250 meters over steep terrain. The injured hiker was brought down to the valley by police helicopter.