Posted on 03/07/2015 3:03:56 PM PST by beaversmom
Locked in an embrace, the mummified remains may end a 55-year mystery of what happened to climbers buried in an avalanche on Mexico's highest mountain.
And their clinch shows how they must have huddled together against the cold, hoping against hope for rescue.
An expedition in the central state of Puebla to rescue the two bodies was launched when a climber attempting to reach the top of Pico de Orizaba - which at 18,405ft is Mexico's highest peak - slipped and spotting a desiccated head and arm sticking from the snow.
As two members of the expedition began to dig around the body, they discovered a second, said Francisco Rodriguez, one of the mountaineers.
"Their position surprised us because they are apparently in an embrace. The arm of one of them is on the body of the other," Mr Rodriguez told Radio Formula, adding that reddish pieces of clothing were found on the bodies.
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Why was it surprising? Body warmth is one of the few ways you can survive in such situations. Also, if you know you’re dyning, you don’t want to die alone.
A sad way to go. Throwing ones life away for a hobby?!?
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