One of our Warlocks is missing.
Quote:Julian Sands missing –Hunt for A Room with a View star who vanished on hike five days agoThe Sun:
in ‘worst storms imaginable’
'Rescue teams are expected to resume the search for missing Warlock actor Julian Sands after he vanished on a hike
five days ago. Keen mountaineer Sands, 65, went missing while climbing Mount Baldy near LA in California on Friday.
The Brit actor is known for his roles in hit movies such as A Room With A View -where he starred alongside Helena
Bonham Carter -and Leaving Las Vegas. On Wednesday it emerged that his family had reported him missing when
he didn't return home from his hike. The San Gabriel Mountains where the dad-of-three was hiking were hit by
heavy snow and ice over the weekend.
Rescue teams have sent up helicopters and drones to scour the mountainous area just 40 miles from LA -where the
star has lived since 2020. But the desperate search for Sands has been hampered by severe weather and a high risk
of avalanches since Saturday. Cops described the conditions as "extremely dangerous".
Julian's old friend and movie producer Cassian Elwes, 63 -who described the pair as "very close" pals of 40 years -called
the situation "incredibly sad". He told The Sun: "It’s shocking and it’s not because he’s a great adventurer. "He likes going
out and risking everything - maybe not risking everything, but he’s an adventurer. "He’s climbed all kinds of mountains.
He is that guy, the guy that goes out and does stuff, the things all of us sit at home and dream about, he has done it all.
"That’s why we all love him. He had gone around the world climbing mountains and is an experienced climber.
"It’s incredibly sad. Mount Baldy was apparently having the worst storms imaginable over the weekend.
"We’re all in shock, it’s just mind boggling." Cassian said Julian was meant to be doing a day-long hike on Friday, and his
family phoned emergency services when he didn't return home. “He went out on Friday and his family reported it when
he didn’t come back," he said.
“One of our mutual friends called me on Friday and told me that they had found the car and they hadn’t heard from him.
The car was still in the parking lot. “As far as I know he had gone hiking on his own. “They can’t even get up there to
search apparently because the weather conditions are so bad up there. “Even though it’s sunny in Los Angeles right now
they had four feet of snow on Sunday apparently."
Cassian added: "We’re all saying our prayers, all his friends are rallying around each other. “We’re praying that there’s a
positive outcome, even knowing that it’s a very bad situation." Cassian described Julian as "one of the greatest human
beings ever". He added: "He’s fun, charming, smart and funny. You need funny people in your life. “He’s the kind of
person you might not see for a little bit but when you see each you’re straight back to where you were last time.
He had gone around the world climbing mountains and he is an experienced climber The San Bernardino County Sheriff's
Department said "severe weather on the mountain has been difficult" and air resources are limited. They said: "On Friday
at about 7.30pm, a hiker identified as 65-year-old Julian Sands of North Hollywood, was reported missing in the Baldy
Bowl area of Mt. Baldy.
"Search and rescue crews responded and began a search. "Due to trail conditions and the risk of avalanche, the ground
crews were pulled off the mountain on Saturday evening. "However, we continue to search by helicopter and drones when
weather permits. "We will schedule another ground search when the weather improves, and it is safe for our ground crews."
Julian was born in England, but had been living in the North Hollywood area. He has two daughters with the journalist
Evgenia Citkowitz, who he married in 1990. He has a son with his first wife Sarah Sands - the former editor of the Sunday
Telegraph and the Evening Standard.
American actress and dancer Melanie Kinnaman called for "prayers for his safe return". She said: "Our friend Julian Sands
has been missing from a hiking trip in the mountains of Southern California for nearly one week. "There is an active search
for him in the Mt Baldy area. Please send prayers for his safe return." Rescue teams are also searching for another hiker,
California resident Bob Gregory.
And two hikers have died in recent weeks in the Mount Baldy area of California's San Gabriel mountains.
Mum-of-four Crystal Paula Gonzalez is understood to have slipped and plunged 700ft down the Baldy Bowl.
Jarret Choi, 43, from LA, was also hiking the Ice House Canyon trail when he fell near the Ice House Saddle ridge line.
His body was found two days later.
Police warned: "Please know the current conditions on Mt Baldy are adverse and extremely dangerous.
"Due to the high winds, the snow has turned to ice making hiking extremely dangerous."...'
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