Mountaineers in mortal danger: Rescue in the Dachstein after dramatic night!

Mountaineers in mortal danger: Rescue in the Dachstein after dramatic night!

A dramatic rescue operation occurred on Monday evening on Dachstein, as two Czech mountaineers, 21 and 24 years old, came into a life -threatening situation. The two alpinists had successfully mastered the "Anna" via ferrata in the morning and entered the "Johann" via ferrata at around 4:00 p.m. They underestimated the winter conditions and put an emergency call at around 7.15 p.m. due to the increasing darkness and the difficult conditions when they were caught at an altitude of about 2,400 meters, as steiermark.Ork.at reported.

The immediately alarmed rescue workers, including two helicopters, were initially unable to rescue due to the extreme conditions in the mountains. The emergency services of the Ramsau am Dachstein mountain rescue company therefore had to advance to the climbers via the "Johann" via ferrata. It was only around 10:15 p.m. with the support of a rescue helicopter that was brought in from Carinthia, did they manage to free the mountaineers from their precarious situation. Fortunately, the two men remained unharmed, as the Tyrolean daily newspaper confirmed tt.com .

This rescue operation urgently shows how important it is to take into account the weather and snow conditions when mountaineering. Although the two climbers got off lightly, their adventure ended in one night that they will not forget so quickly.