Melting Himalayan glaciers pose risk to world 04:58. An avalanche buried American climber Bill Stampfl 22 years ago as he made his way up one of the highest peaks in the Andes mountains.

Two decades ago, 58-year-old mountaineer Bill Stampfl tried to reach the top of Peru’s highest mountain. He never made it home. On June 24, 2002, a deadly avalanche swept down the slopes of ...

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The body was found at an altitude of 5,200 meters (17,060 feet), about a nine-hour hike from one of the camps where climbers stop when they tackle Huascaran’s steep summit.

Executives for the vintage television series The Facts of Life used disturbing body-shaming methods to handle the “changing bodies” of two of its lead actors during the production of the 1980s ...

This photo distributed by the Peruvian National Police shows police carrying a body that they identify as U.S. mountain climber William Stampfl, on Huascaran mountain in Huaraz, Peru, July 5, 2024.

This photo distributed by the Peruvian National Police shows police carrying a body that they identify as U.S. mountain climber William Stampfl, on Huascaran mountain in Huraz, Peru, July 5, 2024.

Mummified body of American climber found 22 years after disappearance in Peru by: The Associated Press. ... the Cordillera Blanca has lost 27% of its ice sheet over the past five decades.

Mummified body of American climber found 22 years after disappearance in Peru by: The Associated Press. ... the Cordillera Blanca has lost 27% of its ice sheet over the past five decades.

Though Stampfl’s body has been found, the remains of one of his climbing partners, Matthew Richardson, are still missing. After the avalanche on Huascarán in June 2002, only one body from their ...

This photo distributed by the Peruvian National Police shows police carrying a body that they identify as U.S. mountain climber William Stampfl, on Huascaran mountain in Huaraz, Peru, July 5, 2024.

Mummified body of American climber found 22 years after disappearance in Peru by: The Associated Press. ... the Cordillera Blanca has lost 27% of its ice sheet over the past five decades.