Climbers missing on Palcaraju Oeste
Posted: Fri Jul 27, 2012 7:55 pm
Some might have seen the supertopo thread already, but posting here in case anyone can help:
Hi guys,
Sorry for the mass email, it's just very urgent. My friend Ben and his friend Gil are missing for over five days in attempting to climb the the south face of Palcaraju Oeste in Peru. A search team found Ben and Gil's tent, followed tracks up the glacier to the base of the route (a 800 m face of steep snow and ice), and spotted tracks on the descent ridge at about 5,800 m. That's all they know so far. They desperately need to do a flyover of the area ASAP, but haven't been able to find a plane and a civilian pilot or a Peruvian military officer to fly a plane.