BIZARRE: 35 - What They Never Told You

Travel experts reveal the best value skiing holidays across Europe

Resorts such as Beitostolen, Geilo, and Pyha have been ranked among the most affordable European ski trips

The Independent UK · Dec 13, 2025

Lindsey Vonn continues remarkable comeback with World Cup ski victory at 41

Lindsey Vonn’s extraordinary comeback from retirement gathered pace on Friday when she became the oldest skier to win a World Cup race at the age of 41

The Guardian - UK · Dec 12, 2025

Boyfriend Who Abandoned Woman On Austrian Mountain Posted Horrible Message After Her Body Was Found

Thomas Plamberger, an experienced climber, has been charged with grossly negligent manslaughter after leaving his girlfriend behind on Austria’s Grossglockner mountain.

Bored Panda · Dec 10, 2025

Himalayan mountaineering instructor quits job to chase Olympic dream

She recently won India’s first international medal in women’s cross-country skiing

The Independent UK · Dec 10, 2025

Trial set to begin for climber who ‘left his girlfriend to die’ on Austria’s highest mountain

Kerstin G froze to death after she was left ‘exhausted, hypothermic, and disoriented’ on Grossglockner mountain

The Independent UK · Dec 9, 2025

How a mother is using the skiing World Cup to help find her missing son

Kathleen Toman’s son Liam vanished shortly after leaving a bar, with the family now beginning to suspect criminal involvement in his disappearance

The Independent UK · Dec 8, 2025

Who Was Kerstin Gurtner? Austrian 'Mountain Person' Left to Die in -20C by Mountaineer Boyfriend

Kerstin Gurtner, 33, died of hypothermia on Austria's highest peak after boyfriend Thomas Plamberger allegedly abandoned her near the summit. He now faces negligent homicide charges in 2026.

International Business Times UK · Dec 7, 2025

Forget Hadrian’s Wall. The UK citizenship test should ask about Corrie, bus queues and Greggs

Questions about the Corn Laws and habeas corpus are abstruse and unrelated to modern life – as my French husband is finding. The test should instead ask about soap operas and sandwiches, writes Guardian columnist Emma Beddington

The Guardian - UK · Dec 7, 2025

Woman Abandoned By Boyfriend To Fatally Freeze On Austria’s Highest Peak Finally Identified By Officials

The boyfriend is facing negligent homicide charges for the passing of his girlfriend, 33-year-old Kerstin Gurtner.

Bored Panda · Dec 6, 2025

Tributes to ‘wonderful’ female climber, 33, left to ‘freeze to death’ on mountain by her boyfriend

Prosecutors say novice climber Kerstin Gurtner died after being abandoned by her partner for hours in brutal conditions

Evening Standard · Dec 6, 2025