After 40 years, they found a backpack of the missing father. They showed the content
At an altitude of over 6500 meters at the top of Tupungato, a backpack of the missing climber was found 40 years ago. Guillermo Vieiro’s daughters did not hide their emotions, showing journalists its content.
The experienced Argentine climber Guillermo Vieiro disappeared in 1985 together with the 20-year-old Leonardo Rape. He was then on a difficult, rare volcano on the border of Argentina and Chile – Tupungato.
A missing backpack was discovered on the slope of Tupungato
40 years after the tragic trip, a 44-year-old backpack was found. He lay on the slope of Tupungato, destroyed after many years under the ice cover, but still containing the equipment and personal items of Vieiro. The explorers took the find and referred to the city of Mendoza, from which the climber set off on trips.
Shortly after the backpack, the daughter of the missing person came forward. It turned out that in addition to climbing equipment, two Super8 films were also found in the interior. Argentine media emphasize that these materials have been preserved in surprisingly good condition. Now attempts to recover their content in the laboratory will begin.
Argentina. Daughters Guillerme Vieiro with an extraordinary find
The touched family Vieiro counts that finding a backpack will help to recreate the last moments of the climber. – This is not an ordinary find, it is a letter from our father from the past – emphasized Azul Vieiro in an interview with journalists.
The discovery of the backpack treat the Argentine media as a historical find. They even call them one of the largest in the history of South American high -mountain climbing. It is emphasized that this is not only a souvenir, but also possible new information about the tragedy, which ended the career of one of the greatest Argentine climbers.
– Perhaps the recordings will help explain what really happened on Tupungato – the commentators emphasize in an interview with the Spanish “El Pais”. – It is recovering a fragment of our history, which has been enclosed in ice for 40 years – they add.
