An ice climber from Munich had an accident in Austria on New Year’s Day.
The 24-year-old was hit on the head and shoulder by four boulders about half a meter in diameter, such as the Police of the state of Salzburg announced on Sunday evening. The accident occurred in the “Gläserne Madonna” icefall on the Enzingerboden in the Stubach valley, about 120 kilometers southwest of Salzburg. The man was also dating a 38-year-old climbing partner Monk On the road. This remained unharmed.
According to police, the young man was disoriented due to the head injury. The older man managed to lower him to the foot of the wall, police said. The two arrived together at a mountain railway station, where rescuers treated the injured man and then took him to hospital. The incident occurred when the men tried to free a trapped rope.
(dpa)
