Associated Press: Body of U.S. Climber Found After China Avalanche – The Joy Trip Project

Associated Press: Body of U.S. Climber Found After China Avalanche – The Joy Trip Project



 

Micah Dash

Micah Dash


Jonny Copp

Jonny Copp


Wade Johnson

Wade Johnson


 
 
    
 
 
 
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 snow-capped 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.
(JTP note: attempts to find a photograph of Wade Johnson to accompany this story were unsuccessful. We regret not including an image of Wade. We’ll redouble efforts to find one and welcome contributions of viewers)