Bellingcat Challenge #1 "A Sticky Situation" Writeup

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Challenge

Bellingcat Challenge #1 “A Sticky Situation”

In August of 2022, Bellingcat’s Foeke Postma found himself looking over this beautiful view, complete with a Bellingcat sticker!

But where was this enviable mountaineering adventure taking place?

What is the name of the mountain on which Foeke was standing?

Solution

Running the stickers through Google Image Search revealed the logo of Der Steinbock, a bouldering gym in Linz, Austria, the word Zillertal, and the logo of a brass band from Tyrol, Austria.

A lake is visible in the background. Looking around Tyrol and Zillertal in Google Maps suggested that Achen Lake and the area to its south resembled the landscape in the challenge image.

Checking the surrounding peaks in Google Earth’s 3D View revealed a position where the mountain skyline matched the photo.

Google Maps did not show the mountain’s name, so I searched for "austria mountain name map" and compared the result with an "Austria mountains map". This confirmed the mountain as Wiedersberger Horn.

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Wiedersberger Horn