Jonny Copp, Micah Dash and Wade Johnson missing in China
Jonny Copp, Micah Dash and Wade Johnson missing in China
Copp, Dash and Johnson Search Update
6/5/2009 1:59:24 PM
This may or may not be accurate in two hours, but Nick Martino and Eric Decaria are in San Francisco trying to get visas for China. Assuming they can get visas today, they would fly out tonight or tomorrow and be on the ground in Chengdu by Sunday afternoon or evening and at basecamp by Monday evening, China time.
There are 2 Chinese climbers who arrived at base camp last night and will head out to advanced base camp at first light. 2 more Chinese climbers are on route from Beijing and will be arriving at base camp shortly.
Pete Takeda and Steve Su are on deck and planning to leave Boulder on Sunday.
Jonny Copp, Micah Dash and Wade Johnson Search Update
6/5/2009 11:11:00 AM
June 5, 2009, Boulder, CO—Three Boulder, Colorado climbers—Jonathan Copp (age 35), Micah Dash (age 30), and Wade Johnson (age 24)—are overdue, having missed their flight on June 3 from Chengdu, China.
The three traveled to Mount Edgar (6818 meters/22,368 feet) on the Minya Konka massif, Western Sichuan Province, China. They embarked from base camp on May 20, 2009. There hasn’t been any contact with the climbers since.
Copp and Dash are highly experienced alpinists and professional climbers who have many years experience tackling big unclimbed mountains around the world. They received the Mugs Stump Award grant for this expedition from the American Alpine Club in 2008 but had to delay the climb until now, due to political unrest in the region. Johnson (a photographer with Sender Films) was accompanying Dash and Copp to base camp and did not intend to attempt the climb to the summit.
On June 4, 2009, a small party of experienced climbers, organized through the Sichuan Mountaineering Association, arrived in “base camp” and are preparing to continue up to the “advanced base camp” to gather information. Search efforts are being professionally coordinated by friends and colleagues in Boulder and more climbers from China and the US are being deployed to the area. Developing information will be shared as soon as it is available.
“We’re taking all the necessary steps to gather information about the climbers’ whereabouts and haven’t identified any complications beyond their lateness. Although we’re concerned, in alpine climbing it’s not unusual to for climbers to be delayed or out of contact for this long. We are still hopeful,” says Robb Shurr, spokesperson for the search effort.
6/5/2009 1:59:24 PM
This may or may not be accurate in two hours, but Nick Martino and Eric Decaria are in San Francisco trying to get visas for China. Assuming they can get visas today, they would fly out tonight or tomorrow and be on the ground in Chengdu by Sunday afternoon or evening and at basecamp by Monday evening, China time.
There are 2 Chinese climbers who arrived at base camp last night and will head out to advanced base camp at first light. 2 more Chinese climbers are on route from Beijing and will be arriving at base camp shortly.
Pete Takeda and Steve Su are on deck and planning to leave Boulder on Sunday.
Jonny Copp, Micah Dash and Wade Johnson Search Update
6/5/2009 11:11:00 AM
June 5, 2009, Boulder, CO—Three Boulder, Colorado climbers—Jonathan Copp (age 35), Micah Dash (age 30), and Wade Johnson (age 24)—are overdue, having missed their flight on June 3 from Chengdu, China.
The three traveled to Mount Edgar (6818 meters/22,368 feet) on the Minya Konka massif, Western Sichuan Province, China. They embarked from base camp on May 20, 2009. There hasn’t been any contact with the climbers since.
Copp and Dash are highly experienced alpinists and professional climbers who have many years experience tackling big unclimbed mountains around the world. They received the Mugs Stump Award grant for this expedition from the American Alpine Club in 2008 but had to delay the climb until now, due to political unrest in the region. Johnson (a photographer with Sender Films) was accompanying Dash and Copp to base camp and did not intend to attempt the climb to the summit.
On June 4, 2009, a small party of experienced climbers, organized through the Sichuan Mountaineering Association, arrived in “base camp” and are preparing to continue up to the “advanced base camp” to gather information. Search efforts are being professionally coordinated by friends and colleagues in Boulder and more climbers from China and the US are being deployed to the area. Developing information will be shared as soon as it is available.
“We’re taking all the necessary steps to gather information about the climbers’ whereabouts and haven’t identified any complications beyond their lateness. Although we’re concerned, in alpine climbing it’s not unusual to for climbers to be delayed or out of contact for this long. We are still hopeful,” says Robb Shurr, spokesperson for the search effort.
Body of US climber found after China avalanche
2 hours ago
BEIJING (AP) — The body of an American mountain climber has been found after an avalanche in an isolated part of southwestern China, the official Xinhua News Agency said Saturday.
Rescue workers were still searching for two other American members of the group who went missing on Mount Gongga in Sichuan province, Li Zhixin, an official with the Chinese Mountaineering Association, told Xinhua.
The report did not identify whose body had been found.
Wade Johnson, 24, of Arden Hills, Minnesota, and Micah Dash and Jonny Copp of Boulder, Colo., were last heard from May 20 at the base camp of Mount Edgar, a peak of Mount Gongga, according to an e-mail his parents sent to friends.
They were scheduled to fly Tuesday out of Chengdu, Sichuan's capital, but missed the flight.
Gongga, Tibetan for "highest snowcapped mountain," attracts both tourists and mountaineers. It is 24,790 feet (7,556 meters) above sea level, according to Xinhua.
Johnson was working for Boulder-based Sender Films, which makes climbing and outdoor adventure films.
Copyright © 2009 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.
2 hours ago
BEIJING (AP) — The body of an American mountain climber has been found after an avalanche in an isolated part of southwestern China, the official Xinhua News Agency said Saturday.
Rescue workers were still searching for two other American members of the group who went missing on Mount Gongga in Sichuan province, Li Zhixin, an official with the Chinese Mountaineering Association, told Xinhua.
The report did not identify whose body had been found.
Wade Johnson, 24, of Arden Hills, Minnesota, and Micah Dash and Jonny Copp of Boulder, Colo., were last heard from May 20 at the base camp of Mount Edgar, a peak of Mount Gongga, according to an e-mail his parents sent to friends.
They were scheduled to fly Tuesday out of Chengdu, Sichuan's capital, but missed the flight.
Gongga, Tibetan for "highest snowcapped mountain," attracts both tourists and mountaineers. It is 24,790 feet (7,556 meters) above sea level, according to Xinhua.
Johnson was working for Boulder-based Sender Films, which makes climbing and outdoor adventure films.
Copyright © 2009 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.
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