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A mountaineer has been charged for allegedly leaving his girlfriend alone on Austria's highest peak, where she froze to death

The woman, 33, and her boyfriend, 39, set off for the peak of Grossglockner mountain on Jan. 18, and the woman was found dead the following morning

The man was charged with grossly negligent manslaughter in connection with the incident

A mountaineer has been charged for allegedly leaving his girlfriend alone on Austria's highest peak, where she froze to death — and the fatal climb was caught on a webcam.

According to Austrian outlet Huete , the New York Post and the Daily Mail , a 33-year-old woman was found dead in January about 160 feet away from the summit of Grossglockner mountain, located along the main ridge of the Central Eastern A

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