Man, 86, Reunited with Backpack 60 Years After Abandoning It During Hiking Accident
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Sueddeutsche Zeitung
Many decades ago an alpinist fell on a mountain tour. The man survived, but lost his backpack during the rescue operation. Now his belongings have reappeared.
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Man, 86, reunited with backpack 60 years after abandoning it during hiking accident
An 86-year-old Austrian man has been reunited with climbing equipment he was forced to abandon in a glacier crevasse more than six decades ago, after melting ice brought the long-lost belongings back to the surface.
Among the items found were an ice axe, a camera, and the pipe of a mountaineer who had abandoned his backpack after falling into a crevasse in 1963.
NEW TIFT IN STUBAITAL. Goodbye after 63 years: A mountain guide found a backpack on the Tyrolean glacier Sulztalferner in the Stubai Alps (district of Innsbruck-Land) at an altitude of about 2,955 meters.
An 86-year-old German man has been reunited with the backpack he lost over sixty years ago in a fall on an Austrian glacier. A hiker found the bag in mid-July. The police eventually managed to track down the rightful owner.
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