No rescue for mountaineers

GOSAU – Only this death was found on Monday this mountaineer on the Dachstein, which has been canceled since Saturday night. The 62-year-old Czech was traveling with nine friends, they wanted to move from the Adamek hut to Dachstein. At the beginning of the glacial zone, the man described as experienced and conditional but joined four other mountain companions.

When they searched the path in the fog, the 62-year-old forks off and lets mountaineers in the direction of "lower windch hat". The two groups then met at the summit. That the Czech took a different path was not unusual for his friends because the man was considered a "free alpine spirit". But when he was still not back to the Adamek hut around 10pm. Mountaineers informed the host. However, the weather did not allow an immediate search. It could not be started until Sunday morning. The research proved difficult and exhausting, as there were more than 2300 m of dense fog with wind and precipitation. She had to be stopped at 15:30. Yesterday morning, the body of the man was found at the foot of the Rohrsteins.