SocietyHiker reunited with backpack 60 years after it fell into Austrian glacier

An 86-year-old mountaineer has recovered his backpack and climbing gear more than six decades after leaving them in a crevasse on Austria’s Sulztalferner glacier. A hiker found the items as the ice melted, and police identified the owner through badly frayed documents. They were returned through his son.

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TThe Guardian★☆☆☆☆2026-08-27 13:03Original