Climber Kerstin Gurtner’s boyfriend ‘didn’t call help until HOURS after leaving her to freeze to death’ on -20C summit

A CLIMBER accused of leaving his partner to die on Austria’s highest peak allegedly waited hours before alerting rescuers. Prosecutors claim Thomas Plamberger, 36, abandoned his girlfriend Kerstin Gurtner, 33, on the 12,460ft Grossglockner, where she tragically froze to death. Plamberger allegedly failed to issue a distress call until the early hours, long after the…