Search for missing American climber ends on SW China's peak

Eight rescuers, four from China and four from the United States, started to descend Thursday noon, said Lin Li, general secretary of Sichuan Mountaineering Association. "Weather condition is quite bad, with fog, rain, snow hampering the work," he said. "Sometimes stones fell off the peak," he added, "another avalanche is quite possible according to our experience." Rescuers believed that the missing climber, 32-year-old Micah Dash, was not likely to survive. Two bodies have been found. One of them, identified as the youngest team member Wade Johnson, aged 25, was discovered in snow4,000 meters above sea level on Monday, while the other, 35-year-old Jonathan Copp, was found 300 m from Johnson's body on Saturday, Kazinform cites Xinhua. See www.chinaview.cn for full version.