A Hike Gone Wrong One bright, sunny day on September 19, 1991, Helmut and Erika Simon were climbing the Ötztal Alps, located on the border of Austria and Italy near the idyllic town of Innsbruck....
One day, my dad looked at me, and then looked at my mom, and said: “It’s me or him. Choose.” I thought my mom would take my side, but I was so, so wrong.