Mummified body of missing American mountaineer found after 22 years in Peru
A file photo shows a llama near the Inca citadel of Machu Picchu in Cusco. Photo: Reuters / Enrique Castro-Mendivil
The mummified remains of an American climber have been found 22 years after he went missing while scaling a snowy peak in Peru.
William Stampfl, then 59, went missing in June 2002 after an avalanche on the 22,000ft-high Huascaran mountain in the Yungay Province buried his climbing party.
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