No hay señales del actor desaparecido Julian Sands, informó Sheriff en California

enero 27, 2023enero 27, 2023 William Rojas

“Hasta ahora, el señor Sands no ha sido encontrado y no hay evidencia de que hayamos descubierto su actual localización. Las operaciones continuarán mientras las condiciones climáticas lo permitan”, dijo el Sheriff

Tras casi dos semanas de intensa búsqueda por aire y tierra, las autoridades estadounidenses no han conseguido ninguna señal del actor Julian Sands, desaparecido mientras hacía montañismo en California.

“Se han realizado numerosos esfuerzos por tierra y aire”, informó en un comunicado la noche del martes el departamento del Sheriff del condado de San Bernardino, a cargo de las acciones de búsqueda.

Sands, quien saltó a la fama como par romántico de Helena Bonham Carter en la película Room with a View (1985), desapareció el 13 de enero en la montaña San Antonio, de unos 3.000 metros de altura y que está en las afueras de Los Ángeles.

Las autoridades encontraron allí la tarde del martes a otro montañista desaparecido. El hombre de 75 años presentaba heridas a consecuencia de las condiciones climáticas.

Mientras los grupos de rescate continúan buscando al actor británico, uno de sus cuatro hermanos declaró el martes a un periódico local que se ha hecho a la idea de haberlo perdido.

“Yo siento que se ha ido”, dijo Nick Sands al Craven Herald & Pioneer, diario de la ciudad británica de Skipton, donde pasaron su adolescencia.

“Siendo como es la rivalidad entre hermanos, tendría que salir de allí y probar que estoy equivocado”, prosiguió.

Julian Sands, de 65 años, es un montañista experimentado que se ha descrito en el pasado como el ser más feliz cuando está «cerca de la cumbre de una montaña en una gloriosa mañana fría».

“Cuando estaba en Los Ángeles, el monte Baldy [como se conoce popularmente a la montaña San Antonio] era su lugar favorito, iba tanto como podía”, dijo Nick Sands.

“Era en las colinas y las montañas donde Julian realmente revivió”.

El actor, quien protagonizó Warlock (1989) y en la adaptación de 1998 de El fantasma de la ópera, vive en Los Ángeles.

Tiene tres hijos, dos de ellos con su esposa, la escritora Evgenia Citkowitz.

El departamento del Sheriff de San Bernardino informó que han sido ejecutadas 233 operaciones de rescate en la montaña Baldy entre 2017 y 2022, con ocho víctimas letales.

“La exposición a los elementos y las caídas contribuyen a la creciente tasa de mortalidad del monte Baldy, y el riesgo de avalanchas prolonga los esfuerzos de rescate”, explicó el despacho.

“Muchos montañistas, con experiencia o novatos, subestiman el terreno escarpado, el tiempo impredecible y los fuertes vientos que se presentan en nuestras zonas montañosas”, agregó, al tiempo que recomendó a los excursionistas “evitar áreas peligrosas como el monte Baldy en este momento”.

Por AFP -enero 26, 2023

Still no sign of missing British actor Julian Sands: US sheriff

Los Angeles (AFP) – Mountain rescuers in California who have been searching for Julian Sands for almost two weeks say there is still no sign of the British actor, as the missing man’s family acknowledged he may have perished.

Sands, who shot to fame in 1985 as Helena Bonham Carter’s love interest in “Room with a View,” disappeared on the 10,000-foot (3,000-meter) Mount San Antonio, just outside of Los Angeles.

Deputies from the San Bernardino Sheriff’s Department began searching for him after the alarm was raised on January 13, but on Tuesday said they were no closer to finding him.

“The Sheriff’s Department is closing in on the second full week of the search for missing hiker, Julian Sands,” a statement said.

“Numerous ground and air search efforts have taken place. As of this time, Mr. Sands has not been found and no evidence of his current location has been discovered.”

The statement added that “the search will continue, weather and ground conditions permitting.”

California was hit by a succession of heavy storms in late December and early January that brought heavy snow to mountain ranges, including to Mount San Antonio, known locally as Mount Baldy.

The actor’s brother, Nick, said he had now accepted that Sands would not be found.

“He has not yet been declared missing, presumed dead, but I know in my heart that he has gone,” he said, according to English newspaper Craven Herald and Pioneer, in Yorkshire where the brothers grew up.

‘Steep terrain, unpredictable weather’
“When in LA, the Mount Baldy mountain range was his favourite place, he would go there as often as he could,” the brother added.

“Julian liked to say ‘I have never had a holiday but I do rest occasionally’ — well he’s resting now in a place he would truly approve of.”

Nick Sands said the “Warlock” star had been due to be back in Britain next week.

The peak where Sands disappeared is the highest in the San Gabriel mountains and a popular destination for Los Angeles residents.

But San Bernardino County Sheriff said it was increasingly treacherous, with eight known deaths between 2017 and 2022.

“Many hikers, experienced or novice, underestimate the steep terrain, unpredictable weather, and high winds that present themselves in our mountain areas,” it said.

Sands, 65, is an experienced hiker who has previously described himself as happiest “close to a mountain summit on a glorious cold morning.”

In the early 1990s he hiked through the Andes mountain range, getting caught in a storm above 20,000 feet.

Sands moved to Los Angeles after his breakout role as the plain-speaking George Emerson in “Room with a View,” the 1985 adaptation of EM Forster’s novel.

Over his varied career, he appeared in films as diverse as Frank Marshall’s 1990 spider-themed horror romp “Arachnophobia,” David Cronenberg’s controversial “Naked Lunch” and alcohol-soaked 1995 drama “Leaving Las Vegas,” directed by Mike Figgis and starring Nicolas Cage.

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