Mountain climbs: Mininger Messner: Be ready to die on the mountain

After the fatal rescue accident of ex-biathlete Laura Dahlmeier, Reinhold Messner spoke about the dangers of mountaineering. The following is followed by his passion, but is also selfish to relatives and society, said the extreme mountaineer in the program “Phoenix personally”, which is broadcast on Sunday. “Of course I start with certainty, I have everything under control,” said the 80-year-old. However, climbing in the wilderness mountains. You can be careful, but there is a remaining risk.

Nature is infinite compared to people, this faulty. Nobody gets on mountains to die. However, those who expose themselves in wild nature stand. If you are not ready to die on the mountain, you shouldn’t go mountaineering. The sport is “the immediate argument between man and nature”. This could be fatal. Also due to global warming, the mountains are now brittle than before, according to Messner; Rockfall is not predictable.

The last wish of the Olympic champion

At the end of July, the 31-year-old Dahlmeier died in mountaineering in Pakistan. The two -time Olympic champion was traveling with a rope partner on the 6,069 meter high Laila Peak when she was hit at a height of 5,700 meters in the descent of rockfall.

Before the accident, Dahlmeier had stated that in such a case they did not want to be recovered in order not to endanger anyone. Messner considers this to be understandable. However, it is difficult to endure for relatives that the body remains on the mountain. First and foremost, the parents should be able to decide what is happening to the body, according to the 80-year-old. However, the idea that this remains at the top is uncomfortable for himself.