86-Year-Old Mountaineer Recovers Backpack Abandoned in Glacier Six Decades Ago

An elderly alpinist has successfully retrieved a backpack he was forced to leave behind during a life-saving descent in a glacier cave sixty years ago, closing a unique chapter in mountaineering history.

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le-figaroFrench1d ago

Alpinisme : 60 ans après, il retrouve le sac qu’il avait abandonné dans un glacier pour sauver sa vie

Un homme de 86 ans a récupéré le sac à dos dont il avait dû se débarrasser lors d’une ascension alors qu’il venait de chuter dans un gouffre.

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86-Year-Old Mountaineer Recovers Backpack Abandoned in Glacier Six Decades Ago

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Alpinisme : 60 ans après, il retrouve le sac qu’il avait abandonné dans un glacier pour sauver sa vie

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