ActiveHiking & WalkingActor Julian Sands missing after going hiking in southern CaliforniaFears grow for the British star, who has not been seen since venturing into the San Gabriel mountains last weekWhen you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works.
ActiveHiking & WalkingActor Julian Sands missing after going hiking in southern CaliforniaFears grow for the British star, who has not been seen since venturing into the San Gabriel mountains last weekWhen you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works.
Fears grow for the British star, who has not been seen since venturing into the San Gabriel mountains last week
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The well-known British actorJulian Sands is missingin a remote and snow-covered area of southern California, after he set off for a hike on Mount San Antonio (colloquially known as Baldy Bowl) in the San Gabriel mountains, north east of Hollywood, late last week.
The 65-year-old actor, who has been living in Los Angeles but is originally from Otley in West Yorkshire, is an experienced mountaineer. He has also taken part in running events, including the Dodge Rock ‘n’ Roll Los Angeles Half Marathon, raising funds forj.k. livin', theAmerican Cancer Society, andLeukemia Lymphoma Society.
Sands competing in the Dodge Rock ‘n’ Roll Los Angeles Half Marathon(Image credit: Getty)
Sands competing in the Dodge Rock ‘n’ Roll Los Angeles Half Marathon
Sands competing in the Dodge Rock ‘n’ Roll Los Angeles Half Marathon
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Sands was reported missing at 7.30pm local time on Friday. Another man, Bob Gregory – who was hiking separately – was also reported as missing in the area on Monday, and concerns for the pair’s safety are rising.
Search-and-rescue teams are looking for the missing hikers, but conditions are very poor, and the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department has told reporters that ground crews were pulled off the mountain on Saturday evening, because of dangerous trail conditions and an escalating risk of avalanches. Teams are still reaching, but with drones and helicopters (when the weather allows them to take off).
Conditions on Mount San Antonio - locally known as Baldy Bowl or Mt Baldy - are currently atrocious(Image credit: Getty)
Conditions on Mount San Antonio - locally known as Baldy Bowl or Mt Baldy - are currently atrocious
Conditions on Mount San Antonio - locally known as Baldy Bowl or Mt Baldy - are currently atrocious
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In the last few weeks 14 emergency calls have been made to emergency services from Mount Baldy and the surrounding area, and police are urging hikers to ”think twice and heed warnings" before entering the wilderness at this time. Last week a woman described as an experienced hiker died after sliding more than 500ft down Mount Baldy
Sands has played leading roles in the television dramas24andSmallville, and films includingThe Girl With the Dragon Tattoo,Leaving Las Vegas,The Killing Fields,A Room with a View,Warlock,Ocean’s Thirteen,Arachnophobia,Boxing HelenaandA Room With A View.
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Sands with his wife, the writer Evgenia Citkowitz, with whom he has two daughters(Image credit: Getty)
Sands with his wife, the writer Evgenia Citkowitz, with whom he has two daughters
Sands with his wife, the writer Evgenia Citkowitz, with whom he has two daughters
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In 2020 he toldThe Guardianthat he is happiest when ‘close to a mountain summit on a glorious cold morning’, and that the top experience of his backlist was to reach ‘a remote peak in the high Himalayas, such as Makalu’.
In 2013, Sands didan interview with the Yorkshire Post via phone, while perched on the Mittellegi Ridge on the slopes of the Eiger, in the Swiss Alps.
“And, you know what? Mountain climbing and film making are very connected,” he told the paper. “There’s always another mountain. And ultimately the point of climbing a mountain is that the mountain is within. And I think that’s true, too, of the acting experience.”
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