Mountain emergency on the Arlberg: 20-year-old saved with minimal equipment!

Mountain emergency on the Arlberg: 20-year-old saved with minimal equipment!

Stuben am Arlberg, Österreich - A 20-year-old German caused excitement in the alpine region on the Arlberg on Monday evening. The hiker was not only at a dangerous height on his tour from Zürs in the direction of Stuben, but was also completely insufficient. Only in leather boots, a cord jacket and cord pants, he got into serious mountainous when he couldn't get any further in the dark. The police informed that the young man gave light signals in a gutter about 50 meters above the Stubenbach with a survival mobile phone to draw attention to his emergency, such as Volksblatt.at reported.

An attentive driver who drove past the Flexenpass around 8:00 p.m. noticed the light signs and immediately alerted the security forces. The mountain rescue moved immediately and found the hiker, who moved in the steep gutter and slipped several times. Fortunately, he could, heavily hypothermic, but otherwise unharmed, recovered and brought to the LKH Bludenz. The alpine police emphasize the dangers of hiking without adequate winter equipment and strongly advises to find out about the weather conditions and the local conditions in order to avoid similar incidents, as well as krone.at reported.