No signal of Julian Sands after 6 days lacking in California mountains

AFP

The seek for British-born movie star Julian Sands, finest recognized for his position in “A Room with a View,” pressed on for a sixth day within the snow-covered mountains of Southern California with no signal of the 65-year-old actor, authorities mentioned on Thursday.

The performer was reported lacking on Friday night, January 13, after he had gone mountaineering alone within the Baldy Bowl space of the San Gabriel Mountains, about 80 km northeast of Los Angeles, in line with the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department.

A search was instantly initiated within the space, however floor groups had been pulled out on Saturday night as a consequence of avalanche dangers and poor path circumstances, mentioned the sheriff’s division spokesperson Mara Rodriguez.

Intermittent aerial searches by helicopter and drone plane have continued, nevertheless, and authorities deliberate to renew a floor search as soon as circumstances enable, she mentioned.

“We had an air crew up today and there were no signs of Mr. Sands,” Rodriguez advised Reuters by e mail.

The Baldy Bowl, a big sloping space beneath the crest of the Mount Baldy ski space, is a well-liked vacation spot for skiers, climbers and backpackers. And Rodriguez mentioned Sands was believed to be an skilled hiker.

Cellphone indicators detected on Sunday, January 15, confirmed Sands was then heading to the Mount Baldy space, apparently the most recent indication he was nonetheless on the transfer.

Subsequent makes an attempt to “ping” his Apple iPhone failed, “due to the lack of cell service and most likely cell phone power failure,” the division mentioned in an replace posted on Thursday.

A “delayed ping” from Sands’ iPhone working system, generated on January 14, supplied a attainable location on a path to the Mount Baldy summit, however checks of that spot by floor and helicopter groups had been of no avail, the division mentioned.

The Sheriff’s Department has warned that extreme winter climate, following weeks of storms that dumped heavy snow in California mountains, has made the Baldy space harmful for out of doors recreation. Overnight temperatures there have ranged from the low-40s to the mid-20s Fahrenheit (4 to minus 4 levels Celsius) over the previous week, Rodriguez mentioned.

Over the previous 4 weeks, sheriff search groups have been dispatched on 14 rescue missions on Mount Baldy and surrounding areas for misplaced or stranded hikers, two of whom perished after falling or injuring themselves, the company mentioned.

Sands’ Los Angeles-based consultant couldn’t instantly be reached for remark.

Born in England, Sands moved to California within the Nineteen Eighties to pursue a Hollywood profession after the success of the 1985 movie A Room with a View, a interval romance by which he was forged because the main man reverse Helena Bonham Carter.

He additionally starred because the son of Satan within the 1989 supernatural thriller Warlock and its sequel Warlock: The Armageddon. He performed the title position within the 1998 movie model of The Phantom of the Opera, and starred reverse martial-arts performer Jackie Chan within the 2003 action-comedy The Medallion.

Other movement image credit embody The Killing Fields, Arachnophobia, Naked Lunch, Boxing Helena, Leaving Las Vegas, and the English-language remake of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo.