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An Austrian mountaineer has successfully retrieved a backpack he accidentally left behind in a glacier more than six decades ago. The remarkable recovery highlights the effects of glacial melt exposing long-buried historical artifacts.
An Austrian climber plans to appeal his sentence after his girlfriend, Kerstin G, died of hypothermia on Austria's highest peak, having been left alone.
A 59-year-old Austrian climber died in the Bavarian Alps after falling from a significant height while attempting to climb Mount Hoher Göll alone.
An Austrian climber has been found guilty after his girlfriend died of hypothermia during a climbing trip on the Grossglockner mountain in January 2025.
An Austrian climber, sentenced to five months suspended prison and a fine for abandoning his girlfriend on a mountain peak, is appealing the verdict, considering it too harsh.
Thomas Plamberger received a suspended prison sentence and a fine after being found guilty in the death of his girlfriend during a mountain hike, a case that examined the extent of personal responsibility in mountaineering.