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Bodies of two Belgian climbers found in Swiss Alps after 34 years

2026-08-19 17:44:28Kosova&Bota SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX
Swiss Alps

The bodies of two Belgian climbers who went missing in the Swiss Alps 34 years ago have been found on the melting Trift glacier, police said on Wednesday.

A climber found the remains on July 26 on a glacier in southern Switzerland, near the Italian border, according to Valais cantonal police.

The remains were sent to the Institute of Forensic Medicine at Wallis Hospital in Sion for identification.

"A direct comparison of DNA profiles has officially confirmed that these are two climbers who disappeared in the Weissmies region in 1992," the statement said.

On September 4, 1992, two men set off from the "Weissmies" shelter with the aim of climbing to the summit of Weissmies (4,017 meters) and reached the "Almagell" shelter.

Caught by surprise by extremely bad weather, they never reached their destination.

In the months that followed, several search operations were carried out, which led to the discovery of a backpack, but not the climbers themselves.

The police of the canton of Wallis have kept records of people reported missing since 1925, mainly in mountainous and riverine areas.

As climate change accelerates the melting of glaciers, the retreat of ice has increasingly exposed the remains of climbers who had disappeared years or even decades ago.

Last year, the remains of a Swiss climber who had disappeared in 1994 were found on a glacier on the Ober Gabelhorn mountain, also in Wallis.


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