Looking for a British actor Julian Sands It continues nearly a week after he was reported missing while hiking in a treacherous area in California’s San Gabriel Mountains, where at least two hikers have already perished this winter.
The San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department said the search for the 65-year-old actor is currently being conducted “by helicopter only.” Friday afternoonbecause avalanche hazards around Mount Baldy continued to make rescue efforts on the ground extremely dangerous.
Department spokeswoman Gloria Huerta said Friday that there is currently no timeline for ending the search for Sands.
The area of Mt Baldy Bow where Sands has been hiking has been deadly this winter, with Killed at least two hikers in the area after falling and injuring themselves in the past month, according to the Sheriff’s Department.
One of the two hikers who died, identified by local media as Crystal Paula Gonzalez, was reported by CBS News Los Angeles, an experienced hiker, known to family and friends as the “hiking queen.” Authorities said Gonzales, who previously summited Mount Whitney, one of the highest peaks in the United States, slipped and fell more than 500 feet while hiking Jan. 8, and died of her injuries on the mountain.
Search and rescue teams responded to more than Twenty different incidents of missing or injured hikers In the Mount Baldy region over the past month, this week authorities warned even experienced hikers to stay off the mountain in “extremely dangerous” conditions.
Sands, an avid hiker and longtime resident of the Los Angeles area, was reported missing at around 7:30 p.m. last Friday. The sheriff’s administration said late Friday that sounds from his cell phone recorded in subsequent days showed his movements only on Jan. 13.
The department said initial on-the-ground and helicopter inspections of one of his potential locations that day found no evidence of Sands. Further analysis of Sands’ cell phone location data is underway, but, “to date, no working leads have been developed,” the department said.
At this point, Huerta said, there is no data indicating Sands’ whereabouts beyond Friday, the day he was reported missing. She said that his car was located in the Mount Baldi area, and it was pulled over by his family.
“Additional air searches will be conducted,” the ministry said.
So was California winter storms hit, Attempts to help missing and injured hikers, including Sands, were thwarted by weather conditions on the mountain. Rescue teams searching for sand on the ground had to be pulled from the mountain Saturday night because of the hazardous weather. Weather conditions too Efforts to evacuate Gonzales were hamperedThe injured hiker was taken from the mountain to the hospital, a paramedic told CBS News Los Angeles. The media reported that she left behind five children.
More than 21 people have died across California In the storms of the past few weeks, others, including a five-year-old boy who was swept away by flood waters, are still missing.
Sands, known for his roles in The Killing Fields, A Room with a View, and Naked Lunch, has lived in the Los Angeles area for years with his wife, writer Eugenia Sitkowitz, with whom he has a son. He also has two daughters with Sarah Sands, BBC Radio 4 Today’s program editor, who was married from 1984 to 1987.
Hollywood actors, writers, and other producers have them Posting their prayers for Sands and his family on social mediaPraise him as an inspiration and friend.
“Keep the candles burning for his safe return from the mountain he loves,” actor Matthew Modine wrote on Twitter.
. “Friendly writer. Unapologetic student. Typical internetaholic. Social media ninja. Communicator. Music fanatic.”