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Katie_I
Mountain climber
Wyoming
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Hoping for the best.
Katie
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nita
climber
chica from chico, I don't claim to be a daisy
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"We are still hopeful,” says Robb Shurr, spokesperson for the search effort".
Joining in.. with thoughts of *Hope and good news...
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Chris2
Trad climber
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Good point nature.
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James
climber
My twin brother's laundry room
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I hope they come out soon.
James
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Queener
Mountain climber
Fresno / Monterey, CA
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Crimpergirl
What Paradox event are you talking about? I'm very good friends with DJ Skelton and road tripped out to Ouray in March with him for the ice climbing event. DJ was talking about going on this expedition but could not make it.
And to everyone, donate what you can to help with the search teams. Whether you know these guys or not, they are important to the climbing community and some of the best guys I've ever met in my life.
-Kyle
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Chris McNamara
SuperTopo staff member
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here is an announcment on the sender films site
June 5, 2009: Three Boulder climbers
— Jonathan Copp, Micah Dash, and Wade Johnson —
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.
Please donate to the search fund now!
Visit this blog for up-to-date information on the search
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.
This search operation will be costly and any financial assistance that can be made will be incredibly helpful in terms of mounting the best search and rescue operation possible. Please donate to the search fund now.
continue to Sender Films home page http://senderfilms.com/
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GDavis
Trad climber
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Nature
Thanks for the insight... really good to read that right now. I really like these kids, look up to 'em... hope to see them soon.
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micronut
Trad climber
fresno, ca
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Just tuned in, man this is kinda scary. I hope they return soon with a wild tale to tell and nothing more. Wishing strength and courage to all involved.
-Scott
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altieboo
Boulder climber
Livermore, Ca
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I hope that we hear from these guys soon. They are probably fine and bivyed up in a small cave or something. Time for them to snap into a slim jim and get the hell down!
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