A few days ago published Hansjörg Auer, among others, known for his Free-solo ascents, a film about his abseiling on the Achplatte in Austria. Something brighter we have never seen.
Obviously, this is an emergency situation, because no one voluntarily takes off from such a stone. Important: Please do not imitate! Here you are shown how to rappel in normal situations.
Hansjörg Auer in an interview
LACRUX spoke to Hansjörg Auer about his abseiling action on the Achplatte. More in the following article.
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[…] A few days ago, Hansjörg Auer published a video of an abseiling action on the Achplatte in Öztal (LACRUX reported). Hansjörg used a small, frozen stone as the abseiling point. The video triggered an enormous number of […]
Unfortunately, you could not see if there were interim backups
Then such an action would be responsible
A tightly clamped and frozen small stone is probably more reliable than some 50 years old stand with beaten hooks
[…] March we reported on a hair-raising abseiling action by the Austrian alpinist Hansjörg Auer. In the interview that followed, we gained insights into Hansjörg’s motives and his […]