Finder of 'Iceman' Found Dead in Austrian Alps
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The man who 13 years ago discovered the frozen remains of a prehistoric iceman in an Alpine glacier was found dead in the Austrian Alps on Saturday, eight days after he went missing, rescue authorities said.
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INNSBRUCK -- An avalanche killed two skiers and seriously injured another yesterday, and specialists warned that recent storms have created unstable conditions ripe for more snowslides in Austria's Alps. A 41-year-old American and a 39-year-old German died in an avalanche in Lech am Arlberg in the southwestern province of Vorarlberg that also critically injured the American's wife, also 41, the ...
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Sir Wally Herbert, the first man to cross the frozen surface of the Arctic Ocean on foot, has died at the age of 72, a friend of the polar explorer said Wednesday.
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Edmund Hillary, 88, a beekeeper-turned-mountaineer from New Zealand who with his Sherpa guide in 1953 became the first men known to conquer Mount Everest, the world's tallest peak, died early today at Auckland City Hospital. No cause of death was reported.
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Dead, in his garage roof A German doctor who went missing 22 years ago has been found - as a mummified skeleton under the rafters of his garage roof, The Guardian reports.â¦
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The body of a San Francisco man who set out on foot in a remote southern Oregon mountain range to get help for his stranded family has been found, police said on Wednesday.
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A German hiker who in 1991 discovered the mummified remains of a prehistoric man has gone missing while walking in bad conditions in the Alps.
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An American skier was reported missing following avalanches in western Austria that also killed three people and injured four others, police said.
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Six climbers were killed on Thursday in the Swiss Alps, rescuers in the village of Lauterbrunnen in central Switzerland said.
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A prehistoric hunter known as Oetzi whose well-preserved body was found on a snow-covered mountain in the Alps died more than 5,000 years ago after being struck in the back by an arrow, scientists said in an article published Wednesday.
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At least four skiers died in avalanches in the French Alps as hopes faded for a Canadian couple missing since Sunday while snowboarding in Switzerland, emergency services said.
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A Polish mountain climber has been found dead under more than 6 feet of snow following an avalanche in the Tatra Mountains bordering Slovakia and Poland.
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Austrian rescuers look for a missing snowboarder after at least four people died in avalanches.
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An Australian mountaineer who had been believed dead near the summit of Mount Everest has been revived and has come part way down the mountain, reports said Saturday.
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An Australian climber who was left for dead on the slopes of Mount Everest but later survived has been rescued from the mountain and is in &quot;amazing shape,&quot; his spokesman said Tuesday.
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Rescuers have found a body believed to be one of the three climbers missing for more than a week on Oregon's Mount Hood, authorities said Sunday evening. The body was found in a second snow cave after the first cave was found to be empty. Climbing crews rushed to area after mountaineering equipment was spotted.
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A man died after being caught in an avalanche Saturday while snowmobiling near Tower Mountain in the Wasatch-Cache National Forest, authorities said.