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Did a Climber Leave His Girlfriend to Die at the Top of a Mountain?

By William Finnegan · The New Yorker · June 2026
Did a Climber Leave His Girlfriend to Die at the Top of a Mountain?
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"A couple—an experienced mountaineer and his girlfriend, a novice—set out to climb Austria’s tallest mountain. She died near the summit. Was it a case of “alpine divorce”? William Finnegan reports."

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