US climber found dead in China
Afp, Beijing
The body of an experienced American climber who had been missing since last year has been found in a remote, mountainous area of southwest China, state press reported on Monday. The body of Christine Boskoff, 39, was discovered in the mountains of Sichuan province near to where her colleague Charlie Fowler was found last December, Xinhua reported, citing the Sichuan Mountaineering Association. The two experienced climbers had gone missing in November after likely being caught in an avalanche, the association said. Rescuers, who resumed the search for Boskoff after snow had melted, said that it was far too dangerous to remove her body from the precipice. US diplomats in China had been informed. Boskoff was among the world's leading high-altitude women climbers and had ascended six of the world's peaks over 7,800 metres (25,740 feet), including Mount Everest.1
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