Keyword: Tragic mountain accident

The climber, theologian and filmmaker Christoph Klein died in a mountaineering accident in Patagonia. High salvage costs and other obligations from a project of the 48-year-old put an existential burden on his family. In order to avert a financial emergency, Panico Alpinverlag has launched a fundraising campaign.

On Saturday, the gifted climber and alpinist Jonas Hainz fell to his death on the Magerstein in the Antholz Valley. The 25-year-old son of the extreme mountaineer Christoph Hainz had recently attracted attention with the free solo ascent of the Moulin Rouge in the Croda Rossa.