Hook broke out
Climber (24) fell 40 meters to the base of the wall
A 24-year-old climber in Innsbruck was seriously injured when he fell from a height of around 40 meters from the wall and landed on a snowfield.
At around 6.15 am on Saturday, a 23-year-old and a 24-year-old (both Austrian) climbed from the bivouac at the long saddle to the start of the Westpfeiler alpine climbing tour in the fifth degree of difficulty at the western base of the Kumpfkarspitze (2393m).
The start is at an altitude of 2010 meters above sea level. The 24-year-old climbed the first pitch. When he reached his belay station, the pitons he had set probably broke.
As a result, the 24-year-old fell about 40 meters, hit the snow field at the foot of the wall and then fell another three meters to the ground. The 24-year-old was seriously injured as a result.
He was rescued by the emergency helicopter using a rope and flown to the hospital in Innsbruck.
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