Court Convicts Man Who Left Girlfriend to Die on Austrian Mountain

Narrative B

This was a tragedy born of brutal weather and impossible choices. Horrible accidents are a haunting consequence of mountaineering adventures, and deaths like these demand a deeper empathy, understanding of context and an appreciation of the risky nature of alpine explorations. Justice has been done, but beyond his sentence, Plamberger will have to live the remainder of his life facing the moral and emotional consequences of his errors.