Student Falls To Death At Trolltunga, Scenic Cliff In Norway
"We are only consoled by the fact that Kristi was doing what she loved with her friends and living a life full of adventure and dreams," said the student's mother.
Trolltunga, an austere rock outcropping on a Norwegian mountainside that has tempted daredevil photographers for years, became the scene of a tragedy on Saturday.
Australian student Kristi Kafcaloudis, 24, apparently lost her balance while taking a photo at the cliff's edge, and plummeted more than 980 feet into a gorge, according to the Herald Sun.
A Red Cross team found her body late Sunday night, according to TV 2 Norway.
Kafcaloudis was part of a 30-person tour group visiting Trolltunga -- "the troll's tongue" -- where it's customary for tourists to snap risky-looking photographs. The rock platform is the capstone of a 10.5-mile hike that's popular with visitors to Odda, in western Norway.
HuffPost Travel called Trolltunga the "scariest Instagram spot on Earth" in 2013.
The cliff edge rises 2,300 feet above Lake Ringedalsvatnet, but that doesn't stop people from jumping up and down, doing cartwheels, or dangling their legs from the outcropping.
