Keyword: Accident

Italian climber Cristian Brenna (54) has an accident on Monte Biaena

Italian climber Cristian Brenna died in an accident on Monte Biaena near Lake Garda on June 3. The 54-year-old was one of the most influential figures in climbing in the 1990s and 2000s.

120 meter rope team fall – one survivor, three dead

A serious climbing accident occurred in Washington State, USA, in which four climbers fell approximately 120 meters. Three of them died, while one man survived despite serious injuries and was able to alert emergency services.

"Huge tragedy risked" | Plane almost crashes into ski marathon on Monte Rosa

A scene straight out of an action movie: On Monte Rosa in the Valais Alps, a microlight aircraft narrowly misses a group of ski tourers. Eyewitnesses describe it as a near-disaster on the second-highest peak in the Alps.
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Spectacular mountain rescue on Mount Kenya

In 1970, Austrians Gert Judmeier and Oswald Ölz set out to climb the majestic Mount Kenya. But their adventure took a tragic turn when Judmeier was involved in a serious accident on the descent.

31-year-old from Zurich has a fatal accident while climbing in Ticino

A 31-year-old man was fatally injured in a climbing accident in the popular Ponte Brolla climbing area in Ticino on Saturday.

Accident in a climbing gym: man sustains life-threatening injuries in a fall

In an accident at the St. Gallen climbing hall, a 57-year-old man suffered life-threatening injuries after falling from a height of ten meters.

The shame on K2 | Documentary film

Summiteers left the seriously injured Muhammad Hassan lying on K2 without helping. How could this happen?

Space Blanket: Possible uses of the rescue blanket

In bergundsteig #109 there was a report on the use of the rescue blanket as temporary UV protection. In the current article, the authors want to give an overview of other possible uses of the rescue blanket in the event of an accident.

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