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Two German Climbers Die in Separate Alpine Falls as Rescues Mounted in Austria and Italy

Authorities have opened inquiries into the fatal incidents on the Grießspitze in Tirol and the Königspitze in South Tyrol.

Overview

  • Tirol police report a 50-year-old woman from Bavaria fell to her death below the 2,741‑meter Grießspitze on the Stöttlwand-Fischplatten route; her 56-year-old husband abseiled and was airlifted to safety.
  • On the Großglockner, a 57-year-old from Passau and a 47-year-old Russian companion were winched out after panic attacks and were treated for mild hypothermia but remained uninjured.
  • Italy’s mountain rescue said a 31-year-old German died after a roughly 200‑meter fall on the 3,851‑meter Königspitze, with his partner flown to the valley in shock after a night in a bivouac.
  • In Vorarlberg, a 26-year-old German tour guide was hit by a ~100‑kilogram rock on the Roggalspitze, fell about 20 meters into his safety line, and was helicoptered to hospital with unspecified injuries.
  • Bodies were recovered and survivors evacuated over the weekend of September 6–7, with police and mountain-rescue services continuing formal investigations into the causes.