Crevasse fall Continuation of rescue operation in Kitzsteinhorn



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“Now we are looking for him again, the emergency services are on site. We also have the support of the Tyrolean mountain rescuers who are there with steam probes,” said Maria Riedler, press spokeswoman for the rescue service of Salzburg mountain, to SALZBURG24 on Monday morning.


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Rescuers were unable to reach the freerider on Sunday.

Difficult rescue operation on the Kitzsteinhorn

Obviously, the rescue operation is very difficult. There is no contact with the freerider who crashed. It is also unclear how deep the winter athlete actually fell. So far only skis and ski goggles have been found.

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Mountain rescuers were able to abseil about 40 meters into the crevasse. However, since a lot of snow fell, emergency services had to shovel it off and bring it to the surface with backpacks. Rescuers in the Tyrolean mountains are now supposed to help with the steam probes. So far they have been able to advance four to five meters more.

In addition to the mountain rescuers from Salzburg and Tyrol, there are three Alpine policemen and a helicopter on site.

Details are not yet known, we will report more.

(Source: SALZBURG24)



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