Thanks to Bergschlawiner of the MRA International Committee and Seattle Mountain Rescue for sending in this story.
Who: 16-year-old boy
Where: Laterns-Gapfohl Ski Lodge near Rankweil
His mistake: Drinking too much booze
What happened: On Friday evening, emergency services received a report from the ski lodge saying a 16-year-old boy was suffering from heart problems after drinking alcohol and was not conscious. More details could not be obtained because of a technical problem with the cell phone network, so 18 mountain rescue volunteers from the Bergrettung Rankweil headed to the ski lodge while at the same time two snow cats and a private snowmobile also were underway.
The teenager was evaluated at the lodge by a mountain rescue doctor and then transported by a snowcat to the base of the mountain for further transport to a hospital.
The rescuers: Bergrettung Rankweil
NOTE: The legal drinking age in Austria is 16 in public places with no restrictions in private places.
Alcohol is not made for kids. When will they learn. FREDTERP
That’s deep, brah.