WorldGerman climber rescued after 14 hours stranded at 2,600 metres in Austrian Alps
A German climber stranded at 2,600 metres in the Austrian Alps was rescued after a 14-hour operation. Gerhard Kremser, head of the Pongau Mountain Rescue Service, said the man probably would not have survived another night on the mountain in the prevailing conditions.
German climber rescued after 14 hours stranded at 2,600 metres in Austrian Alps