According to avalanche: bodies of climbers found

In Canada have been found the three bodies of the missing climbers David Lama, hansjörg Auer and Jess Roskelley. Apparently, the exception were mountaineers in the victim of an avalanche accident.

the bodies of The three missing climbers Hansjörg Auer, David Lama and Jess Roskelley have been found. The national Park administration informed and spoke to the families your condolences.

The three climbers have been missing since Tuesday. You wanted a mountain in Banff national Park in the province of Alberta, Canada - the Route is considered to be very difficult.

rescue forces searched the area for the missing message from the air. In the meantime, the use had to be interrupted due to bad weather and the risk of further Avalanches. After the discovery of the climbing equipment, the authorities went from the death of the climber.

A life for the mountains

your son have for the mountains and lived to tell the parents of David Lama.

The parents of the Innsbruckers David Lama published a notice on its website, with the request that people like to keep their son "with his zest for life, his vigour and with a view of his beloved mountains." Her son had lived for the mountains, his passion for Climbing and mountain the family have marked rise and.

Roskelleys father, John Roskelley, told the American newspaper, the "Spokesman-Review", the Route that wanted to go to his son, had been overcome for the first Time in the year 2000. "It is one of these routes, the conditions to be perfect, otherwise it becomes a nightmare. This is exactly what happened."

Jess Roskelley in the year 2003, when he ascended at the age of 20 years, the Mount Everest.

The Tyrolean David Lama was in the climbing scene as an exceptional talent. He was twice world youth champion, and won with 16 already Lead climbing and bouldering world Cup. In 2009, he won Bronze at the world Championships in Lead climbing. In October 2018, the first ascent of about 6900 meters high Lunag Ri in Nepal on the West pillar.

Hansjörg Auer made especially for attention, because he climbed up complicated routes without any backup. Him also some also first ascents.

Jess Roskelley had climbed in 2003, together with his father to the summit of Mount Everest. At this time he was 20 years old and the youngest climber who conquered the highest mountain in the world.

Hansjörg Auer, the climbing scene was.

"Outliers in the positive sense"

well-Known mountaineer as well as Austrian politicians were affected by the avalanche. "My thoughts at this difficult time for the family and friends of the two young Tyrolean", tweeted Austria's Federal President, Alexander Van der Bellen.

Chancellor Sebastian Kurz wrote in the short message service: "and David Lama Hansjörg Auer have coined in the past few years, with a variety of Successes, the international climbing and Alpine scene. My thoughts are with the families and friends of the two Tyrolean".

mountaineering legend Reinhold Messner told the Austrian news Agency APA that it was a very bad misfortune. The accident show that the traditional mountain climbing, where you go in the "absolute Wilderness", and everything to make himself, "insanely dangerous". Mountaineer Peter Habeler described Lama as an "icon". "This is the Best of the Best. Achiever, in a positive sense."

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