Boyfriend who left woman on Austrian mountain to freeze to death posted harrowing message after body was recovered
By Emily Crane
Published Dec. 10, 2025
Updated Dec. 10, 2025, 10:30 a.m. ET
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Prosecutors allege the couple set off too late and didn’t have adequate equipment, given Gurtner was wearing snowboard boots and had no emergency bivouac gear.
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Guess he never heard of the Birkenhead Drill and “women and children first”
The Birkenhead Drill, also known as “women and children first,” refers to an unofficial code of conduct established during the sinking of the HMS Birkenhead in 1852, where soldiers prioritized saving women and children over themselves in a life-threatening situation. This act of chivalry has since become a symbol of self-sacrifice and discipline in maritime emergencies.
For an “expert” to be so unprepared and leave a supposedly loved noob behind is criminal.
Requiescat In Pacem Kerstin; you deserved better.
“Leave no man behind” — attributed to the Spartans
Would have been better if he had frozen with her!
Argh!
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