Missing Styrian Mountaineer No Longer Alive

A mountaineer from Eastern Styria, missing since Sunday evening, could only be recovered dead despite a night search in the Upper Styrian Gesäuse, the State Police Directorate announced on Tuesday. The wife of the 52-year-old from the Weiz district reported him missing around 11:00 PM on Sunday. Police and mountain rescue set up an operations center in Admont, and a mobile phone tracking was initiated. On Monday, the body of the missing person was found at Hochtor.

Body of Missing Styrian Mountaineer Recovered

The car of the Eastern Styrian was found in Johnsbach (Liezen district), but the mobile phone or the mountaineer could not be located. Despite the deployment of several search teams and the police helicopter "Libelle Salzburg" with FLIR device, the search was unsuccessfully called off on Monday around 5:00 AM.

A few hours later, the rescue operation was resumed. The ÖAMTC rescue helicopter C17 was able to locate the missing person around 9:00 AM. He was lying lifeless at Hochtor (2,369 meters above sea level) in the Rossschweif area in a crevice. He is believed to have fallen about 100 meters to his death from an altitude of around 2,000 meters. His body was recovered by the police helicopter "Libelle Steiermark".

(APA/Red)

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