２２年前に不明の米国人登山家、ミイラ化遺体で発見　ペルー

【リマＡＦＰ＝時事】南米ペルーの雪山で、気候変動に伴う氷河の融解を受け、２２年前に行方不明になった米国人登山家の遺体がミイラ化した状態で見つかった。警察が８日、発表した。（写真は、ペルーで発見された米国人登山家ウィリアム・スタンプルさんの遺体を運ぶ警察官）
　当時５９歳だったウィリアム・スタンプルさんは２００２年６月、パーティーを組んで標高６７００メートル超のワスカラン山を登っていた際、雪崩に遭った。捜索活動が行われたが、発見には至らなかった。
　ペルー警察は、アンデス山脈のブランカ山群の氷河が解けたことで、スタンプルさんの遺体が出てきたと説明した。
　警察が公開した写真からは、スタンプルさんの遺体、衣類、ハーネス、登山靴が、低温のため良好な状態で保存されていたことが分かる。
　所持品の中からパスポートが見つかったことで、身元を特定できたという。【翻訳編集ＡＦＰＢＢＮｅｗｓ】
〔ＡＦＰ＝時事〕（2024/07/09-17:00）

The preserved body of an American mountaineer -- who disappeared 22 years ago while scaling a snowy peak in Peru -- has been found after being exposed by climate change-induced ice melt, police said Monday.
William Stampfl was reported missing in June 2002, aged 59, when an avalanche buried his climbing party on the mountain Huascaran, which stands more than 6,700 meters (22,000 feet) high. Search and rescue efforts were fruitless.
Peruvian police said his remains were finally exposed by ice melt on the Cordillera Blanca range of the Andes.
Stampfl's body, as well as his clothes, harness and boots had been well-preserved by the cold, according to images distributed by police.
His passport was found among his possessions, allowing police to identify the body.
The mountains of northeastern Peru, home to snowy peaks such as Huascaran and Cashan, are a favorite with mountaineers from around the world.
In May, the body of an Israeli hiker was found there nearly a month after he disappeared.
And last month, an experienced Italian mountaineer was found dead after he fell while trying to scale another Andean peak.