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Several groups of climbers were escorted to safety by mountain rescue services on Saturday after running into difficulties in snow and bad weather on Germany’s highest peak. They were brought to the Sonnalpin glacier restaurant on the Zugspitzplatt plateau, the mountain rescue service said. Some 29 climbers were making their way to the peak despite steady rain in the valley and heavy snowfall in the mountains, broadcaster Bayerischer Rundfunk reported. In some places, the snow was 2 metres high and visibility was only around 100 metres. Several groups called the emergency services, a mountain …

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