Jørn Knustad, a local climbing guide, said the area is named the Gausta Marathon because it is the longest waterfall in the region at around 17 rope lengths long.
The survivor, also British, was rescued on Saturday afternoon and flown to Ullevål Hospital after a descent which took teams “several hours”, local rescue officials said.
The pair had attempted The Gausta Marathon, a frozen waterfall slope close to Rjukan, when caught in a snow and ice wall.
The man and a friend had attempted The Gausta Marathon, a frozen waterfall slope close to Rjukan.
An update from the Telemark Red Cross Relief Corps on X said: “Seventeen crews from rødekors in Telemark are now out in the landslide-affected area at gaustatoppenfossen.
