Jason Harper, 05-14-04
Solo climber on Mount Sanford misses his rendezvous
Author: JOEL GAY
Anchorage Daily News
Staff
Date: May 14, 2004
Publication: Anchorage Daily News (AK)
Page: B1
Word count: 653
Searchers in airplanes and a helicopter scoured the flanks of Mount Sanford on Wednesday and Thursday but found no sign of a climber missing since Sunday.
Jason Harper, 28, set out alone on May 4 to climb the 16,237-foot peak in Wrangell-St. Elias National Park, according to Park Service spokesman Smitty Parratt. Like many solo climbers, Harper elected to go light, Parratt said, carrying only about 40 pounds of food, skis and climbing gear but no tent.
He was dropped off at 3,000 feet on
Missing climber leaves very few clues
Author: The Associated Press
WIRE
Date: May 15, 2004
Publication: Anchorage Daily News (AK)
Page: B7
Word count: 689
A search has found no trace of a man overdue after attempting a solo climb of Mount Sanford.
Jason Harper, 28, set out May 4 to climb the 16,237-foot peak in Wrangell-St. Elias National Park, National Park Service spokesman Smitty Parratt said.
Harper was dropped off at Windy Ridge on the slopes of Mount Sanford by McMahan Guide and Flying Services in Gakona. The area is at the 3,000-foot level, about 20 miles northwest of the summit.
When pilot Harley McMahan returned May 9 to pick up
Missing man's cache found
Author: DAN JOLING
The Associated Press
Date: May 16, 2004
Publication: Anchorage Daily News (AK)
Page: B6
Word count: 540
Searchers on Saturday found a cache belonging to a man overdue after attempting a solo climb of Mount Sanford.
Jason Harper, 28, set out May 4 to climb the 16,237-foot peak in Wrangell-St. Elias National Park.
Harper was dropped off at Windy Ridge on the slopes of Mount Sanford by McMahan Guide and Flying Services in Gakona. The area is at 3,000 feet, about 20 miles northwest of the summit. Harper carried 40 pounds of food, skis and climbing gear but no tent.
When pilot Harley McMahan
Search scaled back for missing climber
Author: MARY PEMBERTON
The Associated Press
WIRE
Date: May 17, 2004
Publication: Anchorage Daily News (AK)
Page: B3
Word count: 500
The search for a Utah man who went missing while attempting a solo climb of a mountain in Wrangell-St. Elias National Park was scaled back Sunday.
Jason Harper, 28, of Salt Lake City set out May 4 to climb Mount Sanford, a 16,237-foot peak in the 13.2 million-acre Wrangell-St. Elias.
Harper planned to climb Sheep Glacier to the summit and return in five days.
Searchers on Saturday found a cache of food and equipment, and a snow cave that Harper likely rested in on May 5, National Park [Read article (fee)]