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The body of an American climber buried by an avalanche 22 years ago in Peru is found in the ice
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The body of William Stampfl was discovered on Friday near a camp 5,200 meters (17,060 feet) above sea level, police in the Ancash region told The Associated Press.
The effort to retrieve Stampfl’s remains began last week, after an American climber came upon the frozen body while making his way to the Huascaran summit.
Eric Raul Albino, the director of Grupo Alpamayo, said he was contacted and hired by Stampfl’s family to retrieve the body from the mountain.
“The climber (who first came across Stampfl’s body) opened the hip pouch and noticed there was a drivers license there with his name and address” Albino told The Associated Press.
Lenin Alvardo, one of the police officers who participated in the recovery operation, said Stampfl’s clothes were still mostly intact, preserved by the cold.
Hundreds of climbers visit the mountain each year with local guides, and it typically takes them about a week to reach the summit.
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