They found the bodies of the three mountaineers who died as a result of an avalanche – 22/04/2019

The bodies of Austrian climbers David Lama, Hansjörg Auer and the American Jess Roskelly They were recovered this Sunday by the Canadian authorities in Howse Peak, in the west of the country.

The three mountaineers, considered among the best in the world, they disappeared last Tuesday when an avalanche surprised them trying to climb the east face of Howse Peak.

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Parks Canada, the agency responsible for the management of Banff National Park, where Howse Peaks is located, said in a statement that "on Sunday, April 21, the bodies of the three climbers were found."

"Parks Canada extends its sincere condolences to his family, friends and loved ones," the organization added.

Canadian authorities were unable to recover the remains of the three mountaineers because of the risk of new avalanches and poor weather, high winds and precipitation.

Howse Peak is a mountain of 3,395 meters considered as one of the most difficult of the Canadian Rockies. The Howse Peak Road was opened only in 1999.

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The first warning was given Wednesday by Roskelly's father, a well-known mountaineer, John Roskelley, when his son did not contact him, as expected, the day before.

Roskelly warned Parks Canada of lack of communication with mountaineers. The agency sent a helicopter the same day to fly over the area and detect obvious signs of avalanches and climbing equipment.

Although Parks Canada does not want to confirm this to the media, John Roskelly told The Spokesman Review Thursday that helicopter personnel had also spotted the body of a mountaineer.

Roskelley also told the newspaper that her son, Lama, 36, and Auer, 28, "are dead, are not missing."

Source: EFE

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