Once again sad news out of the Cordillera Blanca in Peru. US mountain guide Tyler Anderson was on a Mountain Madness guiding trip on Yanapaqcha

The article is in Spanish, but it appears that he fell in a deep crevasse due to a collapsed snow bridge.

http://www.larepublica.pe/archive/all/l ... 2/todos/12

RIP

Damn! He was one of my guides when I did Yanapaccha a few years ago!

RIP

Here's a newspaper article about the accident in English: http://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/20100804/NEWS/100809835?Title=Former-Santa-Rosa-man-dies-on-climb-in-Peru-

I hate when it hits close to home. My wife and I will be discussing this as well as my future climbs! I live in his hometowwn..

I had the pleasure of trekking in Peru with Tyler for two weeks in Peru a couple of summers ago. He was truly a great guy. My sincere condolences to his family.

Tyler ws a friend of mine and I will miss him greatly. He was living life on his own terms and was very happy in his adopted home away from home, Huaraz.
His friends there in Huaraz , are putting together a memorial CD of pictures and anecdotes about Tyler.
Any of you who knew him, climbed with him, or were on a trip where he was your guide, and you have something you want to contribute, please send it to:

Zarelaz@hotmail.com or zazuperu@gmail.com

Just put Tyler CD in the subject line. Thanks very much.
Tony Yeary

Wishing strength and peace to the family and friends of Mr. Anderson at this time.