A helicopter rescues a climber at Mannlkarscharte. Photo: DPAFive German climbers were killed and a sixth seriously injured after an accident in the Austrian Alps on Sunday, rescue services said. Witnesses from another group said two of the climbers "tried to prevent the fall by using ice picks, but to no avail," said local mountain rescue chief Franz Gensbichler. Five helicopters were sent to the scene, and the surviving climber was transported to a hospital in Schwarzach where he was said to be in serious condition. It was the deadliest climbing accident so far this season in the Austrian Alps, where several dozen mountaineering deaths are reported each summer.

Source: The Local August 27, 2017 21:00 UTC