BOULDER — Two professional Boulder climbers and a third person joining them on an expedition to China’s rugged interior are three days past their scheduled return, and the parents of one are trying to organize a search.
Wade Johnson, 24, of Minnesota went to Mount Edgar in China’s Sichuan province. Johnson’s parents said in an e-mail to friends that their son was accompanied by Boulder residents Micah Dash and Jonny Copp.
Copp and Dash are climbing with funds from a Mugs Stump Award, a grant given to small climbing teams by several outdoor recreation companies. Johnson is a film editor/producer with Boulder-based Sender Films, and he was accompanying the pair but not climbing, Sender Films’ Nick Rosen said. Rosen said while there is concern, “missing” may be too strong a term. He said a better term to describe the situation would be “late.”
Copp has been in a similar situation before, according to the website of the Adventure Film Festival, which he started in Boulder. Copp’s bio says he spent four days in a Himalayan crevasse before returning home safely.
According to the American Alpine Club, the pair is attempting a first ascent of Dojitsenga, a triangular peak in the Kangri Garpo range. Daily Camera
