A climber who was convicted of gross negligent manslaughter after leaving his girlfriend to die on a mountain in freezing conditions has revealed the last ever words she said to him.
The story of Thomas Plamberger and his partner, Kerstin Gurtner, gained international attention after they made a fatal attempt to scale Grossglockner, Austria’s highest mountain, in January 2025.
The peak, which rises to 12,460ft, is known to be precarious, and is reported to claim the lives of one to two people each year.
Experienced mountaineer Plamberger, 39, hiked up Grossglocker with Gurtner, 33, on January 19, 2025. The couple were just 150ft from the summit when Gurtner collapsed, exhausted, at around 9:50pm.
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