Growing up in South Tyrol, he had an almost unrivalled mountain playground on his doorstep and his climbing gained momentum from his early teens onwards, often alongside his brother Günther.

The kid coat had been stuck on a cliff ledge on the Great Orme for more than 24 hours, coastguards say A goat has died after it fell from a cliff ledge as rescuers tried to save it. Llandudno ...