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Posted on 05/25/2025 9:08:28 AM PDT by BenLurkin
The bodies of five skiers have been found by rescuers near Switzerland's luxury Zermatt resort.
They were recovered a day after emergency services were alerted by a group of climbers ascending the Rimpfischhorn - a 4,199-metre peak in the Valais Alps - to several pairs of skis left unattended near the summit.
Aerial and ground searches led to the discovery of the bodies below the summit on the Adler Glacier, Valais local police said in a statement on Sunday.
The victims were found at varying altitudes on avalanche debris in high altitude areas near the Swiss-Italian border.
Three bodies were located in one area and two more were discovered higher up on a narrow patch of snow, rescue service Air Zermatt said.
A fifth pair of skis was later found during the search, confirming that the group had travelled as a party of five.
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Sometimes it’s better to just get a membership at Gold’s Gym.
Yeah, I suppose I’m okay with showering next to a transman.
not altitude...elevation
Winter conditions with unstable snow can run into July in the Alps around Zermatt.
The bodies of five missing skiers were found in the Swiss Alps on Sunday evening, while rescuers are still searching for a sixth person
Why does the left one always hang lower?
Not certain it was an avalanche - all five were visible from the air (rescue helicopter). So they hadn’t been burried in snow and/or sleet, but of course they can have been pulled down from the peak.
According to Swiss news the authorities are uncertain how long they have been missing. The victims haven’t yet been identified.
Another accident further north (avalanche) caused on fatality. Not a good day in the Swiss Alps.
As featured on Mystery Science Theater 3000,
‘The Crawling Eye’ 1958 colorized (Forrest Tucker) by Tempean Films
A UN scientist (Forrest Tucker) is invited to a remote observatory in the Swiss Alps to investigate a strange radioactive cloud. He encounters a young woman with psychic powers (Janet Munro) who has visions of grisly murders apparently committed by creatures living in the cloud who decapitate climbers and skiers.
With Karl Müller (courtesy, Koblenz films), Jennifer Jayne, Laurence Payne, Warren Mitchell. Screenplay by Jimmy Sangster.
There was a young man of Koblenz
The size of whose balls were immense.
One day, playing soccer,
He sprang his left knocker,
And kicked it right over the fence.
And then he was decapitated by the Crawling Eye. Sad.
This film is why Tucker returned to westerns.
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