Overview

• A snow bridge collapsed under his feet on Fee Gletscher, sending the mountaineer into an eight-meter crevasse.
• He used an amateur walkie-talkie to alert fellow climbers, who then called Air Zermatt despite lacking precise coordinates.
• Rescue teams initially had difficulty locating the crevasse because of the glacier’s vast and featureless terrain.
• His long-haired white and brown chihuahua stayed at the edge and barked until rescuers homed in on his location.
• Teams rappelled on double ropes to free him, and he is now hospitalized in Visp under his dog’s watchful care.