The body of an American mountaineer, who went missing 22 years ago following an avalanche in the Peruvian Andes, has been discovered by a pair of fellow US climbers. American brothers Ryan Cooper and Wesley Waren found the body of Bill Stampfl on June 27 on Mount Huascaran, according to Joseph Stampfl, Bill’s son.
The climbers had been descending the mountain in Peru’s Cordillera Blanca after an unsuccessful attempt to reach its 22,000 ft summit when they found the body at about 16,500 ft. Cooper mentioned that the ice had preserved the body and its belongings, with Stampfl’s wedding ring, helmet, mountain climbing boots, and jacket all intact.
