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Without any experience, a German (62) and his daughter (32) attempted to climb a difficult via ferrata in the Salzburg region. At a height of 100 meters, they could not go any further.
Hüttschlag – The Franzl via ferrata near Hüttschlag in the Salzburg Pongau (Austria) “is a huge crossing tour in the Black Wall above Hüttschlag”, you can read at bergsteigen.com read. “The climb becomes increasingly difficult and reaches its final climax on a white, slightly overhanging cliff face in the upper part of the route.”
Father and daughter from Rhineland-Palatinate choose difficult route for first climbing tour
At the start there is the “Gletschergoaß”, an easy practice via ferrata that is also suitable for families. After the end of the Gletschergoaß, however, the difficulty increases rapidly and culminates in an overhanging wall section (D/E). The tour for via ferrata specialists requires a lot of stamina, and the length of the climb should not be underestimated.
A man from Rhineland-Palatinate chose this via ferrata to undertake his very first climbing tour with his daughter. “Today at lunchtime we were alerted to a rescue on the Franzl via ferrata,” says the report from the Hüttschlag mountain rescue service. “Several colleagues climbed up to the two exhausted people on the via ferrata,” it continues.
“They were hanging about halfway up the 200-meter-high wall,” reports Markus Rettenwender, head of the Hüttschlag mountain rescue service. IPPEN.MEDIAThe two “exhausted holidaymakers” were rescued from the lower part of the wall using a “cape rescue”. A mountain rescuer abseils down from the wall with the person to be rescued tied to him. “We then descended from the base of the wall into the valley with the two inexperienced via ferrata climbers,” it continues. The two remained unharmed.
The day before, the senior had to vomit after a tandem flight
Nevertheless, mountain rescue chief Hüttenberger is speechless: “You can’t just go on a via ferrata without any instructions or training.” At least the two of them had rented suitable equipment. Hüttenberger continued: “The man had done a tandem paraglider jump the day before, during which he had to throw up.” What he doesn’t understand is why the two of them continued on after the easy Gletschergoaß climb. “There are signs there that indicate that it will be difficult here.” All he can think of is: “They spent a few days in the Alps and gave it their all.”
The criticism on social media is even more explicit: “Starting with an easy via ferrata and then moving on to more difficult ones is actually quite unbelievable,” writes one user. “But you can also just not do it, especially if you have no idea. They are not only endangering themselves, but also the rescuers,” complains another. “Probably with gym shoes” (sneakers), suspects another. “Once again, complete overestimation of one’s own abilities” or “typical tourists” are the other comments.
Just recently, the mountain rescue service in Upper Austria had to rescue a barefoot hiker from the mountain after a climbing tour in a thunderstorm. In Tyrol, a young man who was climbing “free solo”, i.e. without a rope and alone, fell to his death. Near Berchtesgaden in Upper Bavaria, a US student had apparently used a hiking trail marked on Google but no longer exists and fell to his death at Königssee.
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