Thomas Plamberger, a climber accused of leaving his girlfriend to a fatal end on a 12,461 ft (3,798 m) mountain, shared her last words to him during a court hearing.
33-year-old Kerstin Gurtner passed away on January 19 while climbing Austria’s highest peak, Grossglockner, situated on the Hohe Tauern range in the Central Eastern Alps. Her body was recovered just 160 ft (50 m) below the summit, several hours after Plamberger left her alone.
A month of investigation into the matter led to Plamberger, the more experienced of the two climbers, being charged with grossly negligent manslaughter.
