Remains of 2 Japanese climbers found in Swiss Alps
The remains of two Japanese climbers who disappeared 45 years ago in Switzerland have been found at the foot of the country's Matterhorn glacier.
Police said on Thursday that DNA tests on the remains, which were discovered in the Alps at an altitude of 2,800 meters (9,200 feet) last September, show the bodies belong to the two climbers.
The Japanese consulate in the Swiss city of Geneva identified the climbers as Michio Oikawa and Masayuki Kobayashi, who were 22 and 21 respectively when they went missing.
The consulate helped police track down family members to assist them in comparing their DNA profiles.
As Alpine glaciers melt because of global warming, the remains of long-lost climbers have increasingly been emerging from the shrinking mountain ice.
Two years ago, a mountain rescue pilot discovered remains and climbing equipment belonging to British climber Jonathan Conville, missing since 1979, near the peak of Mount Matterhorn.
Last year, the body of a Czech climber who disappeared 40 years ago following an accident was found in the Bernese Alps.
Ed Crothers of the American Institute of Avalanche Research and Education believes that "disappearances like this are certainly not a thing of the past.... It does still happen, especially in cases of avalanches."
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