Red climbers,
a good friend of mine Micah Dash and his partners are missing in the mountains. Micah spent last fall and spring climbing at the red. I'm sure plenty of people meet him at the load projecting Snooker or chilling at Miguel's. He rented my sisters house for two months and loved the climbing at the Red. He was planning to return this fall. I hope the Red climbers will keep faith in Micah to return home....their is a link to help his rescue efforts.
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. Dash received the Lyman Spitzer Cutting Edge Award from the American Alpine Club for this expedition in 2008, but had to delay the climb until now due to political unrest in the region. Copp and Dash received a Mugs Stump Award for the expedition in early 2009. 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,â€
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