Charlie Fowler

The search committee believes that an avalanche is to blame for Fowler's death. They fear that his climbing partner Chris may have also been a victim of the avalanche. Search efforts continue.   Linked from http://www.montrosepress.com/articles/2006/12/29/local_news/2.txt --- Fowler was presumably killed in an avalanche. Though Boskoff wasn't located Thursday, the Fowler-Boskoff Search Committee said she could have been caught in the avalanche as well.     "We kind of got the wind knocked out of our sails. The two weeks of hope and adrenaline we've been running on all of the sudden caught up with us," Arlene Burns, a Telluride-based committee member said.   ... Read Full Story

Pretty amazing that the search party was able to find Fowler, given how little information existed on his whereabouts. Charlie Fowler was attempting a mountaineering adventure with his climbing partner Christine Boskoff. They were traveling in China.   Linked from http://www.outdoornewswire.com/v/current/htdocs/etc/sa.php/63617465676f72794e616d653d436c696d62696e672663617465676f72794c6162656c3d436c696d62696e67266c6f636174696f6e3d323030362f31322f313136373430393331382672737349643d34333437 ---   The body of American climber and photographer Charlie Fowler was found buried in snow on a remote peak in China on Wednesday. His climbing partner Christine Boskoff is still missing, but is presumed dead.   Searchers had located a driver who had dropped the climbers off near 20,354-foot Genie Mountain, also known as Genyen Peak, not far from the Sichuan border ... Read Full Story

The search team found Charlie Fowler's body this week. Montrose Press has details. There has been no word yet on his climbing partner, Christine Boskoff. --- Linked from http://www.montrosepress.com/articles/2006/12/28/breaking_news/bn1.txt --- The body found on Genyen Peak Wednesday has been confirmed as that of Norwood climber Charlie Fowler. Fowler was climbing in Sichuan Province, China, with Christine Boskoff, who has a home in Norwood and a business in Seattle. The pair has been missing since Dec. 4, when they failed to return home to the United States. Search teams located Fowler's body yesterday at approximately 17,000 feet. His death was tentatively attributed to an avalanche. ... Read Full Story

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