TCD
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Actually, this is fun. I have always been impressed at the effectiveness of very old "pre-technology" fabrics like boiled wool, waxed cotton, etc.. It's amazing what people accomplished hundreds of years ago.
But back on topic, here is the comment I posted over at ADKHighPeaks:
"Well, one foot has been found and positively ID'd. But the rest of his remains, and of course the camera, have not been found. Although finding the foot may increase the odds of finding the rest...
This is interestingly parallel to the finding of Toni Egger's boot (also with his foot still in it) below Cerro Torre. The parallels are uncanny:
>Cesare Maestri claimed that he and Egger had made the summit, and that Egger was killed in an ice avalanche on the way down.
>Most in the mountaineering community believe that the two did not make the summit, for various fairly good reasons.
>Egger had the camera, which has not been found.
>What was found of Egger was one boot, with a foot in it.
Spookily similar.
But back on topic, here is the comment I posted over at ADKHighPeaks:
"Well, one foot has been found and positively ID'd. But the rest of his remains, and of course the camera, have not been found. Although finding the foot may increase the odds of finding the rest...
This is interestingly parallel to the finding of Toni Egger's boot (also with his foot still in it) below Cerro Torre. The parallels are uncanny:
>Cesare Maestri claimed that he and Egger had made the summit, and that Egger was killed in an ice avalanche on the way down.
>Most in the mountaineering community believe that the two did not make the summit, for various fairly good reasons.
>Egger had the camera, which has not been found.
>What was found of Egger was one boot, with a foot in it.
Spookily similar.