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The Death Valley Germans (as dubbed by the media) were a family of four tourists from Germany who went missing in Death Valley National Park, on the California–Nevada border, in the United States, on 23 July 1996.
Nov 19, 2017 · The story of the “Death Valley German Tourists”, which took place in July 1996, is a sad and disturbing story of misadventure in California’s Death Valley, one of the hottest places on Earth. The group of four German tourists, including two young children, disappeared without explanation in an area near Anvil Canyon, and the only clue was ...
Aug 10, 2020 · In July 1996, a family of four went into Death Valley National Park and never returned. The family, who included Egbert Rimkus, 388; his son Georg Weber, 11; Cornelia Meyer, 27; and Max Meyer, 4; was visiting California, America from Dresden, Germany.
Nov 13, 2009 · The disappearance of four German tourists in Death Valley National Park thirteen years ago led to a massive and lengthy search, but no trace of the group was ever found. The discovery yesterday of skeletal remains in a remote area of the park may finally close the case.
Death Valley is a desert valley in Eastern California, in the northern Mojave Desert, bordering the Great Basin Desert. It is thought to be the hottest place on Earth during summer. Death Valley is home to the Timbisha tribe of Native Americans, formerly known as the Panamint Shoshone, who have inhabited the valley for at least the past millennium.
Jun 4, 2022 · In this video I backpack out to the locations where a German family of four made a grave mistake in July 1996 and died from exposure in the hottest place on ...
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Jun 3, 2021 · Death Valley National Park (NPS) On November 11th, 2009 Tom and a friend spent 2 days searching the area south of Anvil Spring Canyon, following instinctual paths towards China Lake NWS. The search resulted in the discovery of Egbert and Cornelia's remains, where Tom had guessed they would be.
