Hiking fan in a wheelchair

“Without mountains, I would have given up long ago”

David Kosche is committed to accessibility in the mountains.

(Bild: Elisa Aschbacher)

A paraplegic mountain hiking guide is committed to barrier-free mountain routes and huts and wants to give courage and hope to others affected. The "Krone" was out and about with him. 

With a beaming face, David Kosche meets the "Krone" at the train station in Mallnitz. "The train journey was perfect," says the 52-year-old, looking forward to the hike together in the Seebachtal valley. The tour there has a reason. Because David is traveling in a wheelchair. A traffic accident in 2021 changed the mountain hiking guide's life abruptly. "It was a deep cut for me, I've been paraplegic ever since," says Kosche about his stroke of fate.