Reddit mentions of Cold a Long Time: An Alpine Mystery

Ive read a bit on this case, there is a book on this that you can read, it goes into many more details: https://www.amazon.ca/Cold-Long-Time-Alpine-Mystery/dp/1467975915/ref=asc_df_1467975915/?tag=googleshopc0c-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=292996689753&hvpos=1o3&hvnetw=g&hvrand=2420196903267263341&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9001575&hvtargid=pla-491873647653&psc=1


A few thoughts having read the book:

1- The snowboard was reported returned but the paperwork had been thrown away. To me it shows someone knew something and wanted it hidden.

2- His car sat in the car park for a period of time, even though the police state that all ski resorts would immediately notify them of cars standing multiple days to to the risk of a missing skier type situation, yet his car was never reported.

3- He had left his clothing in the instructors office and never came back to get it, this did not raIse their suspicions , and they had said he returned the board, very fishy.

4- He was snowboarding with the incorrect type of boots. This is strange that he would have had the incorrect equipment if he had rented equipment and especially if he had an instructor. It is the instructors duty to ensure the student has the correct equipment and that it is being used in the correct manner to avoid potential injuries. I find this a really big red flag. Some reports noted he borrowed equipment from the instructor whilst other note he rented, if he had rented the incorrect matching equipment there could be fault on the resort, on the other hand if he had borrowed equipment from the instructor, he could have been at fault, of if he had bee injured whilst using the incorrect equipment there could have been a lawsuit for the resort. Put all this ontop of the fact that the equipment was not returned and the paperwork disappeared, he did not come back to get his clothing and his car was left for a period of time in the car park, seems someone knew something was wrong but didnt say anything.

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Another very interesting tidbid i found out on this, is that this person i refer to as the instructor, seems at least someone responsible for how this situation has turned out, however his career has appeared to grow from success to success since this incident. His name was Walter something and he eventually went on to become the head coach of the Austrian Womans Olympic Snowboard team for two olympics, I think 98 and 02.

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So a instructor who's student went missing on the mountain, didn't ensure the student had the correct equipment, didn't ensure his student made it off the mountain, then went on to become one of the top snowboard instructors in Austria? Something like this could have ruined some people careers....