Missing climbers found 54 years apart in Tyrolean Alps

The remains of a man thought to have gone missing in the Alps 54 years ago have been found by police, an Austrian news agency has reported.

Police told the Austria Press Agency that they located the partial skeleton after an alpinist gave them human bones and a hiking boot that he found near a glacier.

They said the discovery was made in the Tyrolean Alps, at a height of more than 8,200ft (2,500m).

Police believe the remains are those of a climber from the town of Matrei, close to the foot of the peaks and near the border with Italy, who was reported missing while hiking 54 years ago.

Meanwhile police say the body of a twenty seven-year-old climber from East Tyrol who went missing on Tuesday ( 9-8-11) has been  found in the Tyrolean Alps today.

Police said the man had probably fallen hundreds of metres as he hiked near the Hexenkopf in the Venediger mountains.

Experts say the area where the man was climbing is dangerous because of brittle rocks.

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