Kurt Albert seriously injured in via ferrata accident

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Kurt Albert seriously injured in via ferrata accident

by Cy Kaicener » Tue Sep 28, 2010 4:47 pm

German legend Kurt Albert has been seriously injured in a climbing accident :(
http://planetmountain.com/english/News/ ... eyid=37600

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Re: Kurt Albert seriously injured in via ferrata accident

by chris.mueller » Wed Sep 29, 2010 8:18 am

According to a press release by the local police Kurt Albert died in hospital 28 September.
http://www.polizei.bayern.de/oberpfalz/ ... tml/124042 (only in German).

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Re: Kurt Albert seriously injured in via ferrata accident

by reinhard2 » Fri Oct 01, 2010 10:45 pm

You are invited to have a look to a short obituary on my Trubach valley page.

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Re: Kurt Albert seriously injured in via ferrata accident

by reinhard2 » Sun Oct 10, 2010 7:29 pm

And here a link to a short account of the great Kurt-Albert-goodbye-happening on 09/10/2010 in Streitberg (in German).


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