A mountaineer surveys the east face of the Watzmann. Photo: DPAMountain rescue crews have located the body of a climber who fell to his death while walking alone on Germany’s third highest mountain in mid-August. The 70-year-old was ascending the east face of the Watzmann, Germany’s third highest mountain, on August 21st when he fell 200 metres down a steep slope to his death. On Monday, mountain rescuers in southern Bavaria said that the climber’s body had been located in a rubble shoot at the bottom of the mountain's east face. A mountain guide had also reported smelling something rotting in the area where the body was later found.

Source: The Local September 05, 2017 10:41 UTC