Mountaineer (57) fatally crashed in Großer Pyhrgas in Spital am Pyhrn

Online since September 19, 2020 at 3:08 pm, updated at 5:17 pm

Spital am Pyhrn.

A 57-year-old Viennese suffered fatal injuries on Friday in a Großer Pyhrgas accident in Spital am Pyhrn (Kirchdorf an der Krems district). Emergency services discovered the missing climber after a search Saturday morning.

“There was a fatal alpine accident on September 18, 2020 in Großer Pyhrgas in the municipality of Spital am Pyhrn. Shortly after 8:30 pm, an owner of the hut contacted the mountain rescue service and informed them that a guest registered overnight had not arrived at the refuge. A large one. An organized search began, in which the car of the missing 57-year-old Viennese was found parked in a parking lot. Mountain rescuers and alpine police searched hiking trails and unmarked trails in the Großer Pyhrgas area. They found an entry for the man in the summit book. The flight police assisted with night vision equipment and thermal imaging cameras and the search area was delimited by a position finder on the mobile phone. However, the assistants could not find the missing person, so the search was interrupted around 2:30 am on September 19 around 7:00 am The emergency services continued their search shortly after 8:00 am e The flight police helicopter discovered the man in the rocky terrain at an altitude of about 1,770 meters. The properly equipped man who was traveling alone unfortunately could only be recovered dead, ”said the police.

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