Climber who ‘abandoned’ girlfriend on mountain ‘did the same to ex’, court hears

Kerstin Gurtner, 33, died just 150ft below the summit of the 12,460ft Grossglockner in January after boyfriend, Thomas Plamberger, 39, left her in what he says was a bid to get help (Picture: Facebook)

A climber on trial for allegedly abandoning his girlfriend on Austria’s tallest mountain has been accused of doing the same thing to his previous girlfriend.

Kerstin Gurtner, 33, died in the pitch-black on 12,640ft Grossglockner on a night when temperatures plunged to -20C in January last year.