American mountaineer found mummified in Peru 22 years after vanishing

Peruvian police said his remains were finally exposed by ice melt on the Cordillera Blanca range of the Andes.

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Undated handout picture released by Peruvian National Police on July 8, 2024, showing police officers evcacuating the body of US mountain climber William Stampfl, who was reported missing in June 2002, in the Ancash region, 400 km north of Lima. The body of an US mountain climber who disappeared 22 years ago while climbing a 6,700-metre-high mountain in Peru was found mummified and with his clothes in good condition, police said on July 8, 2024. (AFP)