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The Sunday Read: ‘Ghosts on the Glacier’

The Sunday Read: ‘Ghosts on the Glacier’

The Daily vor 2 Jahren

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Fifty years ago, eight Americans set off for South America to
climb Aconcagua, one of the world’s mightiest mountains. Things
quickly went wrong. Two climbers died. Their bodies were left
behind.

Here is what was certain: A woman from Denver, maybe the most
accomplished climber in the group, had last been seen alive on
the glacier. A man from Texas, part of the recent Apollo missions
to the moon, lay frozen nearby.

There were contradictory statements from survivors and a hasty
departure. There was a judge who demanded an investigation into
possible foul play. There were three years of summit-scratching
searches to find and retrieve the bodies.

Now, decades later, a camera belonging to one of the deceased
climbers has emerged from a receding glacier near the summit and
one of mountaineering’s most enduring mysteries has been given
air and light.

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