Josiah and his band are coming back to Lestat’s in San Diego on August 8th.
I got a feeling it will sell out in advance…
Josiah and his band are coming back to Lestat’s in San Diego on August 8th.
I got a feeling it will sell out in advance…
Received this message from friends today… still ongoing…
Two climbers from San Diego went missing a few days ago.
Ben and Gil went to attempt a first ascent on the south face of Palcaraju Oeste in Peru and have been missing for over 5 days now.
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.
1. Look for signs of them on satellite pictures here: http://tomnod.com/gi/peru/
(some more info here: Facebook Page (Search Event), and an example of how the three rescuers were spotted here: Satellite picture with 3 people on)
2. They are looking for a plane to do a fly-over. Here’s the latest on that:
We have a good lead on a private plane for tomorrow. Still happy to take suggestions of private planes people have access to — you’d be amazed how many Peruvian pilots our network knows! We want someone out there today if possible.
> The US embassy in Lima is trying to get the Peruvian national guard to launch their planes. First the team on the ground has to report in from the mountain — should happen in the next hour.
> Satellite imagery is in and they are analyzing it.
> Ben’s network of elite climbers is hard at work identifying Peru-based climbers to back up the on-the-ground efforts. Unfortunately it sounds like the team there now can’t go up until tomorrow morning.
> At this point, I literally cannot keep up with all of the leads coming in. If you have a very promising contact — like a Peruvian military officer who owns a plane — call me and I will give you the number of the guy coordinating on the ground. Anyone who has a good reason to call the embassy, it’s 51-1-618-2000. It’s possible the 1 before the 6 is dropped but I dont think so.
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> Liora (fiance of Ben)
> 202-558-8346
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https://www.facebook.com/Tomnod