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On September 18, 2020, just before noon, a three-man ropes team slipped in a snow field in the Titlis area and fell into a crevice between the rocks and the glacier. One person died, a second was seriously injured and the third was slightly injured.
Fatal mountain accident on the Titlis in which one person slipped and took the others
On the morning of September 18, 2020, three men from a ropes team went on a mountain tour from Titlis to Reissend Nollen. Northeast of the rear Titlisjoch, one of the three climbers slipped despite the crampons in a snow field and dragged the other two with him into the depths.
Two people fell yesterday on the edge of the glacier between rocks and glacier. The third man was thrown through the crevasse and stopped with the safety rope on a steep snow slope. He was able to alert Rega immediately.
Recovery on the steep slope was very laborious. One mountaineer in the group was seriously injured in the accident, another slightly. They flew you to a hospital. The third person was only able to recover dead. The three men are mountaineers from outside the canton between 35 and 37 years old.
The Rega operations center was alerted directly through the Rega app. On the way to the scene, Rega’s team picked up a mountain rescuer from the Swiss Alpine Club SAC to support the complex rescue operation.
To ensure medical care for patients on site, the Wilderswil base rescue helicopter was also called in. In addition to the two Rega helicopters, four mountain rescuers and a Swiss Helicopter helicopter were on duty during the lengthy rescue operation, which lasted several hours.
Obwalden Canton Police and Obwalden Public Prosecutor’s Office are investigating the cause of the accident.
