Overview
- On the Tauernhöhenweg near Mallnitz, a 46-year-old German hiker slipped on wet terrain above the Geißelwand and fell about 20 meters, suffering serious leg injuries.
- A police helicopter launched for the Mallnitz rescue aborted due to poor weather, prompting mountain teams to reach the site on foot and carry the victim out on a stretcher to hospital.
- Two days earlier on the Hoher Dachstein, a 46-year-old woman from Latvia plunged roughly four meters into a crevasse and was pulled out by two nearby German climbers using a rope pulley.
- Bergrettung Hallstatt reported the Dachstein victim was partially frozen into the ice and severely hypothermic but declined further medical treatment after on-site care.
- Austrian police praised the climbers’ swift, skilled intervention, and rescuer Michael Walter urged glacier travelers to carry proper equipment and seek training.