3 Missing Climbers From US, Canada Presumed Dead: New Zealand Police

The climbers flew to the mountain on Saturday and were reported missing on Monday.
3 Missing Climbers From US, Canada Presumed Dead: New Zealand Police
New Zealand's highest peak, Aoraki, centre, is seen in the Aoraki/Mount Cook National Park, on Aug. 17, 2020. Mark Baker/AP Photo
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Authorities on Dec. 6 called off the search for three mountain climbers, two from the United States and one from Canada, who have been missing for five days on New Zealand’s Aoraki mountain, the tallest mountain in the country, saying they likely died in a fall.

The bodies of the three individuals—Kurt Blair, 56, from Colorado, Carlos Romero, 50, of California, and a third man from Canada who authorities have not named at the request of his family—have not yet been found.

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