Overview

• The fatal fall occurred Saturday on the Austrian side of the 2,000-meter Säuling near the German border.
• Police said the man from the Eichstätt district slipped on loose scree during the descent toward the Säulinghaus and plunged about 80 vertical meters.
• He was hiking with his wife, their two children, and four companions as part of an eight-person group.
• Mountain rescue brought the uninjured group members down to the valley after the accident.
• A police helicopter recovered the body, with a local report identifying the aircraft as Libelle Tirol and noting a hoist extraction.