On the Großglockner
Most expensive door handle: Technician arrived by helicopter!
An extraordinary rescue operation in the Hohe Tauern in Carinthia: At the Glockner bivouac, the door buckle had to be straightened.
Kronen Zeitung als bevorzugte Google-Quelle hinzufügen Below the north face of the Grossglockner stands the Glockner bivouac at an altitude of 3205 meters. "It was heavily frequented during this year's mountain season," says Glockner guide Ernst Rieger: "Unfortunately, the door buckle broke." Because there was a risk that mountaineers would no longer be able to open the door to the emergency shelter, action had to be taken quickly.
The Salzburg helicopter company Sennair, which had already been involved in the construction of the new bivouac, flew Rieger and Innsbruck key professional Hansjörg Gogl, himself a member of the Innsbruck mountaineering club Gipfelstürmer, up to the Glockner bivouac.
Flown out because of a door buckle
"The Sennair pilots touched the one-metre-wide snow ridge with just one skid and let us out," says Rieger, describing the spectacular mission: "A really great performance by the pilots." The broken door buckle was replaced with a new, reinforced one.
Flying hours are taken over
Due to the enormous effort involved, it would probably be the most expensive door handle in Austria. However, neither mountain guide Ernst Rieger nor the Innsbruck-based Schüsseldienst technician charge for their work: "It is rather an honor for us to be able to do something for the Glockner bivouac, which offers protection for up to twelve mountaineers in an emergency," says Rieger: "The flight hours are covered by the insurance."
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