Climber and lifeguard Jonas Hainz dies at the age of 25 after suffering a fall on Monte Magro (Italy)

The 25-year-old climber

has died after suffering a fall while trying to ascend Monte Magro alone, in South Tyrol, in northern Italy.

His death has been confirmed by the rescue group Bergettrung Bruneck EO, of which he was part as a lifeguard.

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According to local media, Hainz suffered a fall of about 100 meters on the south face of the massif.

His companions were the ones who spotted his body, which was recovered by a helicopter.

Jonas Hainz captured the attention of climbing fans when, last September, he released the video of his solo, ropeless ascent of the Moulin Rouge route, which had been opened two decades earlier by his father, Christoph Hainz, and Oswald Celva, in the Catinaccio massif, in the Dolomites.

An achievement that took him just over an hour and that he himself defined as "a real mental game hundreds of meters above the ground."

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