[awilsondc]

Looks like they had completed Andromeda Strain on Mount Andromeda in Canada but were hit by an avalanche yesterday (4/17). Search underway. https://www.planetmountain.com/en/news/alpinism/david-lama-hansjorg-auer-missing-in-canada.html https://rockandice.com/climbing-news/jess-roskelley-david-lama-and-hansjorg-auer-reported-missing-in-canada

[Schenk]

Not good news for the home team. I fear the worst and pray for them.

[whoami]

http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2019/apr/18/climbers-jess-roskelley-david-lama-hansjorg-auer-f/?fbclid=IwAR2DSY8HNs_BwmZJIdXVbbPJPdsef9YeCNSpx2RBOFYQL6-xPfFCtbzTB3o Rest in peace.

[schifferj]

All so young - Jess Roskelly was 37, David Lama 28, and Hansjorg Auer 35. I watched a video not long ago on this site featuring David Lama climbing when Conrad Anker had a heart attack. I was awestruck by the ability of this young man.

[olderthanIusedtobe]

I worked with Roskelley's cousin for years. Really sad news.

[gb]

Lama's performance and judgement with Anker was impressive from the video. Howse Peak is an extremely rugged Canadian Rocky Peak visible from the Icefields Parkway Howse Peak Apparently there was a storm over the weekend in the Rockies and there were several reports of touchy remotely triggered slabs (Avalanche.ca All Reports). Storm snow over several crusts but also a generally overall relatively weak, shallow snowpack.