Czech mountaineer dies in Austrian Alps

A Czech mountaineer died on Saturday in the Austrian Alps. The 40-year-old climber fell to his death when a safety device snapped on a descent on Reichenspitze. The mountaineer was descending with a fellow climber after having successfully reached the 3,303 metre high peak. At the time of the accident he and the other climber had been making their way down to the Rainbachkees glacier. The other climber eventually reached a mountain chalet on his own to inform the authorities. A helicopter was sent to the scene of the fall; there was nothing medics could do for the mountaineer.