Overview
- Mountaineers discovered human remains on Oct. 15 on the Ober Gabelhorn glacier above Zinal, according to Valais cantonal police.
- Officers were flown by helicopter to secure the bones and personal effects, and prosecutors opened an inquiry that confirmed the identity.
- The deceased was a Swiss citizen born in 1969 who vanished with another climber on Nov. 4, 1994.
- Police said one climber was recovered in 2000 and that identifying the second "fully solved the mystery" of the pair’s disappearance.
- Recent reports note more such recoveries as Alpine ice recedes, including cases in Antarctica, Pakistan, and Peru.