Christine Boskoff

Chris' mountaineering and guiding company, Mountain Madness, has an unfortunate history. One of the original leaders of the organization died in a mountaineering accident years earlier. His tragedy became more widely known when it was covered in the populer book, Into Thin Air. Now, with press coverage of still-missing Chris Boskoff (and Charlie Fowler's death) - the company is back in the press with another tragedy. Learn more about Mountain Madness at their website, MountainMadness...Read Full Story

Charlie Fowler's body was found, but there have been no signs of Christine Boskoff yet. The two were climbing together in China before going missing. The search committee suspects that an avalanche is to blame for there disappearance.  --- Linked from http://www.montrosepress.com/articles/2006/12/29/local_news/2.txt ---  "They were most likely ascending to set up a high camp from where they would begin their technical climbing," Burns said. "It's most likely they were walking beside each...Read Full Story

The body of climber Christine Boskoff has been recoved in China.  It's been over 6 months since Christine Boskoff went missing.Her mother, Joyce Feld of Appleton, Wis. had this to say:"Her dreams were doing something like this and she always did everything she wanted to," her mother said. "She crowded more things into her life than I did in my long life because she was always active."Christine Boskoff owned Mountain Madness, a Seattle adventure travel company formerly owned by Scott Fischer...Read Full Story

Linked from http://www.everestnews.com/stories2006/missing12272006.htm --- On December 27, 2006, a body, mostly buried in the snow, was spotted at 1:30pm (China time) by a Chinese member of one of the Field Search Teams. The location is at an approximate altitude of 5300m (17,388 feet), 3 hours above Lenggu Monastery in the Genyen Region. The body is currently unidentified and is not confirmed to be either Fowler or Boskoff. Details of the sighting include modern climbing equipment, blue...Read Full Story

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