Since two vacationers have probably powerful overestimated! An American (37) and a 38-year-old German had to cancel their canyoning tour in the Tuxbachklamm in Finkenberg on Thursday and make an emergency call. Mountain rescue and water rescue were able to save the two after a difficult rescue.
At around 9.30 a.m., the US boy and the German – both according to the police inexperienced canyoning goers) – climbed into the Tuxbachklamm at the level of the so-called “Devil’s Bridge” in the Finkenberg municipality. “The Tuxbachklamm is a very difficult canyoning tour that can only be undertaken under certain conditions with the appropriate water level and the necessary experience, training and appropriate skills are essential,” says the executive. Around 2:30 p.m woman from her partner downstream so that he could explore the further course and a possible emergency exit. However, the man realized that further inspection of the gorge would be too dangerous, informed his partner and made the alpine emergency call.Complicated rescueThe man was found by the mountain rescue and the Mayrhofen water rescue and rescued from the gorge. “However, it was difficult for the woman to be located and finally recovered by abseiling and using a drone,” officials said. Around 25 mountain rescue and water rescue forces as well as a police patrol were deployed. The two athletes remained unharmed in their endeavor and the complex rescue.
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