{"id":20560,"date":"2026-08-19T12:06:06","date_gmt":"2026-08-19T12:06:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/8657085.xyz\/?p=20560"},"modified":"2026-08-19T12:06:06","modified_gmt":"2026-08-19T12:06:06","slug":"bodies-of-climbers-who-vanished-34-years-ago-found-on-melting-glacier-in-swiss-alps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/8657085.xyz\/?p=20560","title":{"rendered":"Bodies of climbers who vanished 34 years ago found on melting glacier in Swiss Alps"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <div style=\"display: grid; grid-template-columns: 300px 160px; gap: 2px; width: 460px; background: #eee; padding: 2px;\">\r\n\r\n  <!-- \u6574\u884c\u5bbd\u5e7f\u544a -->\r\n  <div style=\"grid-column: 1\/-1; width: 460px; height: 250px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876674\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n  <div style=\"grid-column: 1\/-1; width: 460px; height: 90px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876676\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n\r\n  <!-- \u5de6\u4fa7\u7ad6\u6392 -->\r\n  <div style=\"height: 250px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876672\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n  <div style=\"height: 500px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876680\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n\r\n  <!-- \u53f3\u4fa7\u6469\u5929\u697c\uff08\u548c\u5de6\u4fa7\u5b8c\u5168\u5bf9\u9f50\uff09 -->\r\n  <div style=\"grid-row: 3\/5; height: 750px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876678\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n  \r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e6\" data-zoneid=\"5876682\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n<\/div><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>The bodies of two Belgian climbers who disappeared in the Swiss Alps 34 years ago have been found, freed from the melting Trift Glacier, police said Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p> On July 26, a hiker reported finding two bodies on the glacier in southern Switzerland, near the Italian border, the regional police in Wallis canton said in a statement. The bodies were taken to the Institute of Forensic Medicine at Wallis Hospital in Sion for identification.<\/p>\n<p> &#8220;A direct comparison of DNA profiles has formally established that these are two mountaineers who went missing in the Weissmies region in 1992,&#8221; the statement said.<\/p>\n<p> The two Belgian men were 39 and 41 when they disappeared.<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed__float-wrap\">\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\" data-ads=\"{\" extrawordcount=\"\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content \"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/08\/19\/99c543d0-8ba4-433c-8e01-b16e37d9d5f0\/thumbnail\/620x412\/d91c9508212c603b1267613db957f40d\/gettyimages-1296530335.jpg#\" alt=\"Trift suspension bridge. trift glacier. Switzerland \" height=\"412\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/08\/19\/99c543d0-8ba4-433c-8e01-b16e37d9d5f0\/thumbnail\/620x412\/d91c9508212c603b1267613db957f40d\/gettyimages-1296530335.jpg 1x, https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/08\/19\/99c543d0-8ba4-433c-8e01-b16e37d9d5f0\/thumbnail\/1240x824\/1943ddcebe956e9e77024bb3b9ace4a4\/gettyimages-1296530335.jpg 2x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">The Trift suspension bridge and Trift Glacier in Switzerland are seen in this 2018 file photo.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                BlueRed\/REDA\/Universal Images Group via Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Wallis police maintain a list of missing persons dating back to 1925, primarily in high mountains and rivers.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Due to the retreat of glaciers, the \u2026 remains of people who disappeared in the mountains several decades ago are repeatedly revealed,&#8221; police said in their statement Wednesday.<\/p>\n<h2>Bodies exposed by melting glaciers in recent years<\/h2>\n<p>Climate change has accelerated the melting of glaciers, with the retreating ice releasing bodies of climbers it has held for years, often decades.<\/p>\n<p> Last year, the bones of a Swiss mountaineer who disappeared in 1994 were found on a glacier on the Ober Gabelhorn mountain, also in Wallis.<\/p>\n<p>In August 2025, the\u00a0remains of a British researcher\u00a0who vanished in 1959 in Antarctica were discovered amid rocks near a receding glacier on King George Island, located off the Antarctic Peninsula. Around the same time, a\u00a0missing man&#8217;s body\u00a0was discovered on a melting glacier in Pakistan, 28 years after he went missing.<\/p>\n<p>In July 2024, the body of an\u00a0American mountaineer was found\u00a022 years after he disappeared while scaling a snowy peak in Peru. The year before that, the\u00a0remains of a German climber\u00a0who went missing in 1986 were recovered on a glacier in the Swiss Alps.<\/p>\n<p>In 2017, Italian mountain rescue crews\u00a0recovered the remains of hikers\u00a0on a glacier on Mont Blanc&#8217;s southern face likely dating from the 1980s or 1990s. 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