More than a year after a 33-year-old woman froze to death on Austria’s highest mountain, her boyfriend goes on trial on Thursday accused of gross negligent manslaughter.
Kerstin G died of hypothermia on a mountain climbing trip to the Grossglockner that went horribly wrong. Her boyfriend is accused of leaving her unprotected and exhausted close to the summit in stormy conditions in the early hours of 19 January 2025, while he went to get help.
The trial has sparked interest and debate, not just in Austria but in mountain climbing communities far beyond its borders.



From the beginning you dismiss the argument as a mental health problem. This is something a disingenuous asshole does.
Comparing the ridiculous amount of money people waste on mountain climbing to someone’s personal computing device you must have to participate in modern society has to be one of the stupidest nonsensical arguments I have ever seen.
Then, on social media yourself no less, you try to play the morally superior one by pointing out supposed hypocrisy. Weak sauce garbage.
You didn’t judge anything, but you did show you act like a dishonest bullshitter.
I’m not morally superior, I was showing how stupid of an argument it was by making the same argument.
That person’s comment is a mental health issue.
I am an asshole.
Go outside or read a book at least.