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Kerstin G was just metres from the summit of Austria’s tallest peak when she collapsed, exhausted, and began to freeze to death.
After a full day of climbing with her boyfriend, Thomas P, the 33-year-old was reduced to a crawl in 45mph winds as night-time temperatures dropped to -8C on the 12,461ft Grossglockner, a court heard this week.
Her partner, only identified by his first name and initial under Austrian privacy laws, was found guilty of manslaughter on Thursday. A brief trial had tried to understand why he had left her on the Stüdlgrat ridge hours before her death on 19 January 2025.
open image in gallery The defendant, identified as Thomas P, left his girlfriend Kerstin exposed to strong winds and set off
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