Mountaineers who disappeared near America's highest peak believed dead
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Eli Michel and Nafiun Awal are believed dead after having disappeared while attempting to climb the Moose's Tooth in Alaska, just 12 miles from Denali.
Eli Michel, 34, of Columbia City, Indiana, and Nafiun Awal, 32, of Seattle, were last heard from on May 5, when they checked in with a friend using a satellite communication device before setting out to climb on the 10,300-foot peak called the Moose’s Tooth, the park has said. The mountain is about 12 miles southeast of Denali, the tallest mountain in North America, park officials have said.
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