Melting Glacier Returns Austrian Climber’s Backpack After 63 Years
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Melting glacier returns Austrian climber’s backpack after 63 years
An 86-year-old Austrian man has been reunited with climbing equipment he lost in a glacier crevasse more than six decades ago, after melting ice brought the belongings back to the surface, CNN reported. A hiker discovered the backpack last month on the Sulztalferner glacier in Austria’s western Tyrol region, at an altitude of nearly 3,000 metres. Austrian police found an ice axe, camera, whistle and a weathered document folder inside. Police ini…
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Noticias ao MinutoAn elderly man recovered, on Tuesday, a backpack that had been abandoned following an accident on an expedition to the Sulztalferner Glacier area in the Austrian region of Tirol over 60 years ago.
A hiker, now 86 years old, found his backpack more than 60 years after being forced to abandon him in Austria.
A high-altitude hiker in the Austrian Alps in July found a backpack that had been lying there for 63 years. It was left there today by a 68-year-old man who fell into a crevasse while hiking on a glacier. However, his friends were able to save him at the time.
On Fm – Torres Vedras ☆ Western Region A backpack lost during a mountaineering accident in 1963 was found this summer in an Austrian glacier. The thaw allowed to recover the belongings and discover the identity of the former owner, today at 86 years old. A backpack that was disappeared for more than six years [...] The contents of the backpack that disappeared more than 60 years ago reappears in a glacier and returns to the owner appears first o…
VIENNA — An 86-year-old man from Bavaria has been reunited with his backpack and equipment after being forced to abandon them during a mountaineering trip in Tyrol, Austria, after they were discovered by an unnamed climber in July.
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