Five people were injured during a hike up Mt Taranaki on Sunday, with three in a serious condition. Photo / Brett Phibbs ... “The weather improved for a period long enough for us to get helicopters into the area and rescue the climbers,” Bentley said ... .
The experienced climber who left his girlfriend to freeze to death at the top of Austria’s highest peak was convicted of gross negligent manslaughter — but will not immediately be going to prison.
Roskelley’s son, Jess, also became one of the world’s top climbers and was for a time the youngest American to summit Everest. Jess died in an avalanche in Canada in 2019, and a foundation in his name now gives grants to climbers.
Imagine for a moment that you and your romantic partner, both passionate mountain climbers, are attempting an ascent of the highest mountain in the Alps, Austria’s mighty Großglockner (Glockner) ... That Austrian climber has been found guilty.