Subject: Re: murder on a glacier?

Tough little camera to keep the film safe all this time.

The Nikkomat was a tank. 50 years exposed to the cycles of weather on the glacier, yet the seals leather case and rear gate seals protected the film! American climber, so probably Kodachrome.

1972 trip planning for the 1973 climbing season in the south while Black September was murdering Israeli athletes in Munich.

That's a monster of a pack she humped up the mountain. I did some lower altitude backpacking back then, but had a much smaller backpack. A Kelty, iirc, but I did have the exact same water bottle she had.

The NYT has a little more background on the story, a few more images.

https://www.nytimes.com/intera...