David Lama, Hansjörg Auer and Jess Roskelley missing

reports of David Lama/partners missing in a Canadian avalanche are starting to come in.....godspeed to the rescuers and prayers for all those involved!
https://www.planetmountain.com/en/news/alpinism/david-lama-hansjorg-auer-missing-in-canada.html

Oh God no.

Looks like rosskelley might be missing too

My heart sank reading this.  Hoping for the best.  Hansjorg Auer was with Lama, it's unclear whether or not Jess Roskelley was with them as well. I hope not.

Hansjörg Auer and possibly Jess Roskelley missing along with David. It goes without saying, but really hoping for the best here. 

Very sad news. Jaw dropping. The best in the world are missing. Hard to be optimistic with the history of these types of early reports

Strong and knowledgeable dudes. Positive thoughts. 

man, that's a strong team... hoping for the best

I just met David in Ouray in January.  One of the nicest Pro's I've ever talked to. I can't believe this.   I hope for the best for him and his party. 

Jess Roskelley was with David Lama and Hansjorg Auer on Howse. Very sad news.  I expect the details will come out through official channels today.

Rest easy, boys.  Thanks for the inspiration.

Nick Sweeney wrote: Jess Roskelley was with David Lama and Hansjorg Auer. Very sad news.  I expect the details will come out through official channels today.

Rest easy, boys.  Thanks for the inspiration.

Official?

Oh no this is terrible news. The avalanche was on Wednesday.

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

Per the article:
“They’re dead. They aren’t missing,” Roskelley said.

Nick you beat me too it..
I was just going to post the same article from the father. RIP Gentleman...way to giv'er

Some of the most inspirational climbers of our generation were in that avalanche.
Hansjorg, to me, was perhaps the most inspirational climber alive. He climbed with the epitome of style, ground-up, with humility, courageously, and intelligently. He saw beyond himself and gave back to his community.
It is unfortunate that the greatest alpinists who set the standard that many of us can only dream about are also the ones who seem to go the soonest. There is a long legacy of the greatest, the most talented, and the boldest taking leave of us far too young. We can always hope for the best, but the mountains are cold and callous and have no regard for our deepest desires.

Nick Sweeney wrote: Hometown newspaper article:
http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2019/apr/18/climbers-jess-roskelley-david-lama-hansjorg-auer-f/?fbclid=IwAR2DSY8HNs_BwmZJIdXVbbPJPdsef9YeCNSpx2RBOFYQL6-xPfFCtbzTB3o

Per the article:
“They’re dead. They aren’t missing,” Roskelley said.

This was said by the Dad rosskelly, not the actually rosskelly who was in the group. 

Man... John having to go through all of that... Unbelievable.

 Rosskelley and Helander's Mt. Huntington climb got me hyped.. The Alpinist issue with their South Ridge climb on it was the first Alpinist issue I had bought in a long time.

PatMas wrote:

This was said by the Dad rosskelly, not the actually rosskelly who was in the group. 

The article makes it seem like he made that decision with minimal actual information.

Probably safe to assume he has more information than we do. Not to mention that the information we have (from the same article) is that they found avalanche debris strewn with climbing gear and a body. A pragmatic alpine climber will know what this means.

I had this news this morning from my alpinist best friend in the PDX area. My sympathies to all, but especially the ice/alpine community. It is small and tightknit, and I know this hits hard.

Best, Helen

RIP. Such a loss.
Heroes of the alpine, and by all accounts great people.

abandon moderation wrote:

Probably safe to assume he has more information than we do. Not to mention that the information we have (from the same article) is that they found avalanche debris strewn with climbing gear and a body. A pragmatic alpine climber will know what this means.

Very sad. Even though we all know no human is an invincible superhero, sometimes you see what they're doing and start to forget...

True, but still seems a little premature to "call it", if you will. People survive crazy things sometime, and they have all pulled of some crazy stuff, hopefully they have one more amazing thing to add to the resume by surviving this one.  

PatMas wrote:

True, but still seems a little premature to "call it", if you will. People survive crazy things sometime, and they have all pulled of some crazy stuff, hopefully they have one more amazing thing to add to the resume by surviving this one.  

The words of a grieving father. Not sure why you’re trying to pick them apart.