Search Continues for Micah Dash on Mount Edgar
Extremely bad weather has hampered the search efforts for Micah Dash, the last American climber still missing on Mount Edgar, and, reports Xinhua News Agency in China, the multi-national search team, with four Chinese and four American climbers, will probably end in a couple days. Lin Li with the Sichuan Mountaineering Association says the combination of rain, snow, and fog has limited visibility, that there is a lot of rockfall, and that there is an increasing possibility of large avalanches endangering the search party.
Li says that while they continue searching for Dash, the likelihood of his survival is very slim. Li says, “The search cannot persist for long as a snowslide may kill us all.” The bodies of the two other American climbers, Jonny Copp and Wade Johnson, were found just above 13,000 feet on the mountain about a thousand feet apart in avalanche debris. The bodies will be recovered and brought down when the search effort is suspended. Micah Dash is probably buried beneath the snow.
Photograph above: The Southeast Face of Mount Edgar in the Gongga Shan massif.
Photograph courtesy Tamotsu Nakamura/ www.mountain.ru
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Thank you for the update on the search for Micah. We are praying that the search party will find him.
A couple years ago when I started climbing, especially getting into alpine, Jonny and Micah were my inspiration. To quote Micah, “Its just fun being with friends in the mountains.” Wouldn’t all of us climbers agree?…I think so. I watched what Jonny and Micah were doing in their journeys around the world, and was awestruck when I heard the news. I know Micah is still missing, and God willing he will be found alive, but if not then I hope he is resting peacefully. So here’s to two of the best alpine climbers to ever live, breaking barriers, and embodying the “Colorado cowboy style” of light and fast ascents. Here is to you both, may you both rest in the eternal peace and keep climbing those untapped routes in the sky! You will always be my heroes.
Right on, Addison. You said it best. Micah and Jonny are freakin’ climbing heroes! We’re going to miss them…
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I am praying for my little cousin Micah!
You are the greatest person I have ever known!
We love you so much!
David Sidell
My thoughts are with Micah and Anita (his mother). As one of his many cousins, it is hard to imagine someone so strong and full of life could be gone from this world. Perhaps he will reappear from this unbelievable situation. With hearfelt sadness, Laurie & Bruce