Switzerland - Karl-Erivan Haub, 58, Alps / Matterhorn mountain, 07 Apr 2018

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Missing German billionaire's family gives up hope of rescue
http://abcnews.go.com/International...umes-german-billionaire-missing-alps-54437398
The family of a German billionaire has given up hope of finding him alive a week after he disappeared in the Alps.

The Tengelmann retail group said on behalf of Karl-Erivan Haub's family in a statement Friday that there was no longer any hope for him after a week "in the extreme climate conditions of a glacier area."

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https://www.thelocal.ch/20180413/fa...german-billionaire-lost-in-swiss-alps-company

Family says no hope for German billionaire lost in Swiss Alps

13 April 2018
17:21 CEST+02:00

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Swiss media reported that Haub had taken the ski lift at the Klein Matterhorn on Saturday at around 8:30 am, and had set off at an altitude of 3,800 metres (12,470 feet) on the glacier-covered mountain – the highest in Europe reachable by cable car.
Haub was training for the Patrouille des Glaciers, a gruelling race across the Alps organized by the Swiss army and due to take place on April 17th.
But rescuers believe that he had an accident during the solo run.
Tengelmann said efforts would be made to recover Haub's body for burial and that his family would bear all costs towards the search.
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http://www.newsadvance.com/news/bus...cle_7b9b9129-be6e-596d-9e22-21e3a9ed7ac1.html

German retailer taps leadership after co-CEO goes missing
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• Apr 18, 2018 Updated Apr 18, 2018

[/FONT][FONT=&amp]BERLIN (AP) — German retail group Tengelmann has named Christian Haub as its sole CEO after his brother went missing during a skiing trip in the Swiss Alps
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[SeesSeas]

More about the Patrouille des Glaciers ski race:

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news...man-billionaire-missing-swiss-alps/510256002/
Karl-Erivan Haub is an avid alpinist, who was in Switzerland to train for the Patrouille des Glaciers ski race, an international long distance ski event organized by the Swiss army in which both military personnel and civilians compete. The race was scheduled to take place on April 17.

https://helvet.swiss/en/articles/patrouille-des-glaciers-a-superlative-ski-mountaineering-event

Patrouille des Glaciers

A superlative ski mountaineering event​

[FONT=&amp]Text Laurent Grabet / Photo Francois Perraudin
Date of publication Winter 2017-2018​

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When asked to describe the Patrouille des Glaciers, or PDG, “legendary” is the type of word which just rolls off the tongue. The next edition will take place on 17 to 21 April 2018. The biggest ski mountaineering race in Switzerland has become a benchmark for the discipline as a whole. So why has this gruelling challenge become so popular?
Its age
First organised in 1943 by the Swiss army, the PDG is one of the oldest ski mountaineering races in the world. At the time, it served to test the troops’ capacities. Since, it has become part of Switzerland’s cultural landscape. It was stopped in 1949 for a long time after three patrollers fell to their death in a crevasse, and started up again in 1984.
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[TatianaBarbie]

Karl-Erivan's disappearance is in Wikipedia:

Karl-Erivan Haub - Wikipedia

 

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Billionaire who was declared dead is 'living with mistress in Moscow'

German-American tycoon Karl-Erivan Haub, then 58, was training for a ski mountaineering race when he disappeared in April 2018 in Zermatt, Switzerland.

www.dailymail.co.uk