Body of climber from Colorado recovered from Bolivian peak
LA PAZ, Bolivia – The body of an American man who died while climbing one of Bolivia’s highest peaks arrived Sunday in the country’s capital after a two-day recovery effort.
Rescue workers said Daniel Granberg, 24, died atop the Illimani mountain.
“We found Daniel lifeless, seated at the summit. His lungs did not hold out; he couldn’t get up to continue,” said Sergio Condori Vallejos, a mountain guide who works with Bolivian Andean Rescue and who led the recovery effort.
Condori said Granberg died at an altitude of 20,391 feet on the second day of a trek across the mountain, an iconic part of the view from Bolivia’s capital, La Paz. He was on the longest and most difficult trail across the mountain, which involved scaling at least two of its peaks.