A via ferrata climber had a lucky escape on Sunday in Ternberg (Steyr-Land district): The 28-year-old slipped while descending from the Beisteinmauer, but a tree prevented her from falling down a steep rock face.
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The woman from Lower Austria had previously undertaken several via ferrata tours on the 632-metre-high hill with her 47-year-old friend. The accident occurred on the descent: before she had even clipped into the rope with the carabiners, the 28-year-old slipped before she reached the last point secured with a steel cable and fell five to seven metres into steep forest terrain. A tree finally stopped her fall.
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Rescued by mountain stretcher
The 47-year-old immediately contacted the injured woman and then called the mountain rescue emergency services. The woman was cared for by six members of the Steyr-Losenstein mountain rescue team and brought down to the valley on a mountain stretcher. The Grünburg rescue team took the injured woman to the Pyhrn-Eisenwurzen hospital in Steyr.
Localization: The Beisteinmauer is located in the village of Trattenbach
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