RUSSIAN SCIENTIST FALLS 500-FEET TO HIS DEATH THANKS TO HIS HIKING APP, AUTHORITIES SAY

OutKick ^ | August 22, 2023 | JOE KINSEY

[george76]

Russian scientist Dr. Dmitry Fedyanin seemed to die doing what he loved.

German officials say the 34-year-old expert in ultra-violet light and a senior research fellow at the Nanooptics Department of Siegen University in Germany fell to his death Berchtesgadener Alps National Park after following his hiking app over a cliff.

Fedyanin’s body was found at the bottom of Hoher Laafeld peak, which sits at about 7,000 feet.

Fedyanin was using his hiking app to make his way down the mountain but the route he was taking didn’t have paths and the app “sent him over mountain precipice.”

“Our investigators assume that the male individual slipped in the rocky area which features some patches of grass,” police spokesman Maximilian Maier told media outlets.

“He then slid down at least 150 meters (492 feet). It is understood that he had been around on his own.”

It’s been a brutal 10-day stretch for the Berchtesgadener Alps, according to German news outlet BR24, which reports there were four deaths in the mountains. In one case, a 57-year-old woman slipped to her death as her husband watched in horror. There was also a 29-year-old woman from Austria who fell to her death after a “misstep.”

[Robert DeLong]

I really do hope that is photoshopped, though I've seen roads that I wonder why anyone would take them. I can't even stand watching video of people driving on these roads. 🙂

Can you tall I have a fear of heights? It's not how I want to go, so to ensure that I don't I won't put myself in those situations. I won't even allow myself to watch those who do. 🤣

[dljordan]

“seemed to die”

So he’s not dead?

[Magnum44]

[BitWielder1]

He found a bug in his code.

If buildings and trees can disrupt the GPS signal, so can mountains.

[Magnum44]

I hate it when the GPS is wrong...

[larrytown]

One star...

[IYAS9YAS]

that’s asking a lot from a cornbinder...

That ain't no cornbinder. That's either a full-size Jeep Cherokee or Wagoneer (can't tell if it's two or four doors).

[Blood of Tyrants]

Maybe he should have looked around instead of at his smart phone.

[logi_cal869]

Proving yet again that intelligence & education are mutually exclusive.

[SisterK]

I cannot imagine walking the Alps, breathing in the fresh air, taking in God’s creation, but having your nose stuck in a smart phone.

[ken in texas]

My late wife was terrified of heights - she would not even want to be in the state where that picture was taken. And if it’s a fake, she would still be freaked out.

[Bigg Red]

What did he have on the Clintons?

[Openurmind]

66 Wagoneer. Had one.

https://barnfinds.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/t1-e1554915388449.jpg

[Semper Vigilantis]

Must have been using Google Maps.

[OldWarBaby]

34 year old expert? Yup, sure he was. Reading his phone instead of the mountain he was standing on. I’ll bet he was talking to Alexa: “hello, where am I?” We lose at least one genius per week on the highway by my house——just can’t leave their phones alone.

[Chode]

yup, what was the truck, the Wagoneer wiout the seats/roof

[Chode]

*

[IYAS9YAS]

yup, what was the truck, the Wagoneer wiout the seats/roof

The Gladiator ('62-'71) or J series truck ('71-'88).

[Chode]

Gladiator... thx

[SunkenCiv]

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