Police in the Ancash region told The Associated Press they found the body of William Stampfl on ... The 58-year-old Stampfl had been trying to climb the 6,768-meter Mount Huascaran.

LIMA, Peru (AP) — Twenty-two years ago, an avalanche buried American climber William Stampfl as he made his way up one of the highest peaks in the Andes mountains. His family knew there was ...

William Stampfl was buried under an avalanche in June 2002 while scaling Peru's highest peak. Scientists say the South American nation's last glacier is now just an ice field. Melting ice is ...