The preserved body of a 20-year-old female mountaineer has been found. Marta Altamirano went missing in 1981
Marta Altamirano disappeared in 1981 during a mountain expedition in the Andes. Rescuers searched unsuccessfully for more than four decades for the young climber’s body. Until now.
Marta Altamirano, to those close to her, “Patty,” had her whole life ahead of her. However, no one imagined that an expedition to a peak of more than 6720 meters in the Andes in 1981 would turn out to be the last for the young mountaineer. The 20-year-old fell into a crevasse in a glacier during the climb and all trace of her disappeared.
Rescuers tried unsuccessfully to find the woman’s body. They have now succeeded, and completely by accident. After more than four decades, a group of climbers came across the corpse of the missing woman.
Marta Altamirano: the body of a female mountaineer was found after 42 years
Marta Altamirano decided to climb one of the highest mountain peaks in South America in 1981. The expedition to Mercedario, which began on March 23 — as it later turned out, a fateful one — also included, among others, the deceased’s sister, Corina Altamirano. The woman revealed that the tragic incident occurred at an altitude of about 4,300 meters…
