Experienced alpinist plunges 100 meters into death

A trip to the highest Irish mountain world ended on Thursday in a tragedy: a 43-year-old climber suddenly lost his grip on the descent from the Hochblaser in Eisenerz – and plunged more than 100 meters into the depth. For the Serbs living in Graz-Umgebung every help came too late. Together with a friend, the experienced alpinist had mastered a via ferrata before. What then happened remains a mystery for the time being. According to the police, t…

Nevertheless, "the lifesaver was his helmet", reports one of the two recreational athletes, who saw the accident victim in the Zillertal Alps "fall into the depths for 30 seconds." When the 51-year-old South Tyrolean crashed from the flock at the Turnerkamp above the so-called "Englanderrinne" (STOL reported), two more South Tyroleans were only a few hundred meters away from him. "It was terrible, he crashed into the depths for about 30 seconds,…

A climbing trip on the Hochblaser near Eisenerz in the district of Leoben has ended fatally on the state holiday for a 43-year-old man. The native Serb plunged over 100 meters into the depth on the descent from previously unexplained cause.

EISENERZ. A trip to the mountains ended on Thursday for a 43 year old.