--- description: The bodies could be the victims of a 1959 avalanche that killed 3 people title: Mountain Climbers Discover Frozen Corpses on Mexican Peak image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltebb89beff418e99e/698782ad2dce017b0b9ddee1/pico-de-orizaba.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [World](/section/world/) ## World Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [weather](/tag/weather/) ## weather Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Mountain Climbers Discover Frozen Corpses on Mexican Peak  by [Nolan Feeney](/author/nolan-feeney/)  ## Nolan Feeney Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Mar 7, 2015 2:11 PM CUT  Aereal view of the Citlaltepetl volcano or Pico de Orizaba, the highest mountain in Mexico and the third highest in North America in Veracruz State, Mexico on June 1, 2014. Aereal view of the Citlaltepetl volcano or Pico de Orizaba, the highest mountain in Mexico and the third highest in North America in Veracruz State, Mexico on June 1, 2014.Alfredo Estrella—AFP/Getty Images  by [Nolan Feeney](/author/nolan-feeney/)  ## Nolan Feeney Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Mar 7, 2015 2:11 PM CUT Mountain climbers in Mexico stumbled onto a scene from _The Walking Dead_ this week after they found two corpses [sticking out of a glacier on Mexico’s tallest peak](http://www.theweathernetwork.com/news/articles/climbers-make-chilling-discovery-atop-mexicos-highest-peak/46717/ "undefined"). Inclement weather prevented officials from digging out the remains of the bodies on the Pico de Orizaba volcano, the Weather Network reports, but a second attempt was made Friday. Authorities believe the bodies could be the victims of a 1959 avalanche that killed three people and that a third corpse could be in the area. Many relatives of other missing climbers have contacted officials about identifying the bodies since the climbers’ shared their discovery. Clothing that may have been preserved in the ice could help forensic experts determine the identities of the deceased climbers. \[[_Weather Network_](http://www.theweathernetwork.com/news/articles/climbers-make-chilling-discovery-atop-mexicos-highest-peak/46717/ "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3736276/mexico-mountain-climbers-bodies/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3736276/mexico-mountain-climbers-bodies/"},"headline":"Mountain Climbers Discover Frozen Corpses on Mexican Peak","datePublished":"2015-03-07T14:11:31.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T04:59:25.134Z","description":"The bodies could be the victims of a 1959 avalanche that killed three people","url":"https://time.com/3736276/mexico-mountain-climbers-bodies/","keywords":["weather","Mexico"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltebb89beff418e99e/698782ad2dce017b0b9ddee1/pico-de-orizaba.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Nolan Feeney","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/nolan-feeney/"}],"articleSection":"World","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltebb89beff418e99e/698782ad2dce017b0b9ddee1/pico-de-orizaba.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Aereal view of the Citlaltepetl volcano or Pico de Orizaba, the highest mountain in Mexico and the third highest in North America in Veracruz State, Mexico on June 1, 2014.","caption":"Aereal view of the Citlaltepetl volcano or Pico de Orizaba, the highest mountain in Mexico and the third highest in North America in Veracruz State, Mexico on June 1, 2014.","creditText":"Alfredo Estrella—AFP/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/world/","name":"World"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/weather/","name":"weather"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3736276/mexico-mountain-climbers-bodies/","name":"Mountain Climbers Discover Frozen Corpses on Mexican Peak"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Know Right Now: Human Waste on Everest Creates Environmental Issue","description":"Climbers are leaving more than just their footprints when they traverse Mount Everest, especially when they need to “use the bathroom.” People leave behind large amounts of fecal matter and urine every year","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/oZqd4vcM/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2015-03-03T18:54:38.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/oZqd4vcM.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/3736276/mexico-mountain-climbers-bodies/","duration":"PT1M3S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/3736276/mexico-mountain-climbers-bodies/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```