He barely escaped his life, wandering the mountain and wandering for six days until he was saved. Now, 52 years later, the boot position seems to confirm his insistence that he did not abandon his younger brother. The boot was found by locals at the foot of the west side of Diamir Mountain – right where Reinhold said his brother had been killed. A photo of the boot was posted by Reinhold on Instagram, where he has more than 170,000 followers. “This is further proof that I did not abandon Ginder,” he told the Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera. “People said I let him die, sacrificing him for my own ambition.”
