The mountain rescuers in Tyrol have never had to go out as often as they did this year. Hermann Spiegl, regional manager of the local mountain rescue service, explains what you should pay attention to on the mountain – and what bizarre emergency calls the rescuers sometimes receive.
The number of missions for mountain rescuers in the Alpine region has been increasing for years – and people are increasingly being rescued out of sheer convenience. Hermann Spiegl has been working for mountain rescue in Austria for 45 years, took over the job of regional manager for the Tyrol mountain rescue in 2015 – and has had an amazing season.