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"Two mountaineers scaling Mont Blanc, the highest mountain in the Alps, on Thursday discovered the frozen body of a climber who disappeared there 32 years ago.\nThe body was identified as Patrice Hyvert, an aspiring mountain guide who was last seen alive on March 1, 1982, when he set off for a solo climb, Le Dauphine reported.\u00A0The then-23-year-old was scaling the western side of Aiguille Verte, one of the highest peaks of the mountain, and\u00A0planned to ski down the other side,\u00A0but he never returned. His body was found on the\u00A0Talefre glacier at\u00A02,600 meters altitude (about 8,500 feet).\nSee also: Take a 3D Tour of Mount Everest With This App\nThe discovery came as \"a major shock\" to the climber's\u00A082-year-old father, Gerard Hyvert.\u00A0\n\"I thought he had been trapped under a rock; I thought I would die before they found him,\" he said\u00A0in an interview with Le Parisien (translated).\nA mountaineer himself, Gerard says he believes his son got stranded in a snowstorm.\n\u201CWe think he reached the summit in bad weather then chose to go back down on another face, via the Whymper corridor,\u201D his father said, according to the Telegraph.\nShortly after his disappearance, another climber was rescued by helicopter near the same peak, but rescuers were unable to find Patrice. Officials believe the lowered visibility may have caused Patrice to fall into a crevasse near the glacier where he was found. More than 130 people have been reported missing on Mont Blanc since 1950, according to La D\u00E9p\u00EAche, and\u00A0bodies often resurface in the summer as the ice thaws. Gerard says has mixed emotions about the discovery of his son.\n\"I cannot say that I am relieved,\" he told Le Parisen. \"I wish he could have remained there. For Patrice, the mountain was his home. This was an environment I introduced to him at the age of 7 to 8 years old. He climbed Mont Blanc with me at 13 years old. The mountain was his passion, he was going to become a guide. In that way, it was better for him to rest in the mountains than in a coffin.\"\nView Missing Climber's Route in a larger mapA map shows Patrice's initial route and where his body was ultimately discovered. \nA funeral will be held July 17 to honor the memory of Patrice. He will be cremated and his ashes will be spread in the same spot where his body was found on the Talefre glacier, Le Figaro reported.\nThis comes months after a tragedy on Mount Everest underscored the dangers of mountain climbing. In April, an avalanche on Everest killed 16 people, including 13 Nepalese Sherpas who were working as guides for climbers from other countries. The tragedy was the deadliest in the history of Mount Everest; previously, it had been when eight died in a blizzard near the mountain's summit. Sherpas account for the majority of deaths that have occurred on Everest, and many packed up for the season after that avalanche.   \nThis article has been updated to reflect the correct altitudes of the Talefre glacier.\nHave something to add to this story? Share it in the comments."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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