Glacier gives up US climbers 16 years after avalanche
03 May 2016 - 09:16
The bodies of two of the world's greatest mountaineers have been found in Tibet 16 years after they were buried in a huge avalanche. The remains of Alex Lowe and David Bridges, both Americans, were found on Wednesday by Swiss and German alpinists.Their bodies partially emerged from a melting glacier on Shishapangma, the only 8,000m mountain located entirely in Tibet.
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