Climbers fall 500 feet down waterfall
Ice climbers die in the Alps
Posted: 19 December 2001
by OUTDOORSmagic
Two climbers were killed on Sunday in Austria while trying to climb a frozen waterfall in the Tyrol province.
The 38-year-old German and 29-year-old Pole were attempting to climb the 820ft frozen waterfall using safety ropes and crampons but it seems that they lost their foot-holds and fell 500 feet to their deaths rescue services said.
The bodies were retrieved later by helicopter and the pair have not yet been named.
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