The body of Marta Emilia Altamirano, who went missing 41 years ago, has been found mummified on an Andes mountain.
The body of a woman who went missing 41 years ago was found mummified on an Andes mountain.Since then, at least four expeditions have taken place to find her but none of them was successful.
She had left for the fateful climb with her sister Corina and experienced climber Sergio Bossini on March 23 in 1981. Patty went off to survey the surrounding area alone, lost her footing and slid hundreds of metres down an icy slope.They managed to find Patty, who had passed away, the following morning.
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