The Canadian authorities have not been counting on their survival for days. Now the three corpses of the injured mountaineers Hansjörg Auer, David Lama and Jess Roskelley have been found. This was reported by the national park administration and sent their condolences to the relatives.
The two Austrians David Lama (28) and Hansjörg Auer (35) and the US American Jess Roskelley (36) were since Tuesday as missing. They wanted to climb a mountain in the Banff National Park in the province of Alberta. The route was considered very difficult.
After the missing person report, the rescuers searched the area from the air. The rescue operation had to be interrupted in the meantime because of bad weather and the danger of further avalanches.
Family said goodbye
Roskelley's father told the US newspaper "Spokesman Review" just two days after the missing person's report that he was expecting his son's death. "The route he wanted to go was first mastered in 2000," said John Roskelley, who was once considered one of the best US mountaineers. "It's one of those routes where the conditions have to be perfect, otherwise it'll be a nightmare. That's what happened."
The family of David Lama had publicly said goodbye to him on Friday. "David lived for the mountains, and his passion for climbing and mountaineering shaped and accompanied us as a family," wrote Claudia and Rinzi Lama on the website of the missing Austrian. "He always followed his path and lived his dream, and we will accept what has happened as part of it."