Body of Missing American Mountain-Climber Found in Sannine
إقرأ هذا الخبر بالعربية
Security forces found on Tuesday the body of the American, John Redwine, in the Zahta area in Sannine after he was reported missing on Monday, reported the National News Agency.
Redwine frequently carried out mountain-climbing trips in the area.
He had reportedly headed to the region on Saturday.
His wife Irina was contacted on Monday after contact with him was lost.
She promptly headed to Beirut from Morocco to assist the security forces in finding her husband.
Several Internal Security Forces patrols and army units conducted searches in the outskirts Keserouan and nearby towns.
After failing to find him, the American Embassy employed some of its personnel to find Redwine after reports that his vehicle was located in the Wata al-Joz area in the outskirts of Keserouan.
His body was found at 12:30 pm Tuesday between two hills near some of the caves in the mountainous Zahta Sannine area.
An army helicopter helped retrieve the body and transport it to hospital to determine the cause of death.
20 December 2011, 15:35
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RIP John
John was a great contributor to Lebanese climbing and a happy man who loved life
His Soul now is in a better place...
20 December 2011, 15:39
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John was a great contributor to the rock climbing scene in Lebanon, a fellow climber, a friend....He was never reluctant to share his knowledge or to set up new climbing routes in Lebanon. Climbing with John was a great experience and his loss is a big one to the athlete community in Lebanon.
Thank you John on behalf of all the climbers of Lebanon.
R.I.P.
20 December 2011, 20:24
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Yiii chou hal chab el helo,
Bala mountain clibing, kint ta3a ma3e & min 3arbesh sawa!
Alla yerhamo
RIP
20 December 2011, 20:55
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He Climbed till the sky this time ! May your soul rest in peace John ...
21 December 2011, 01:45
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Rest in Peace John.
Just a great fellow that left us way too young.
My heart and thoughts are with the family he left behind.
21 December 2011, 05:22
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John was one of the very few foreigners who wasn't trying to just make a buck off of lebanon's problems. He was an ejnebi who actually contributed to the country. His death is awful.
21 December 2011, 05:41
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John you lived your life on your own terms , simple and peaceful. may god bless you and give your family the strength
21 December 2011, 10:24
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Really bad taste from those of you who feel this is an opportunity to make political jokes. A young man died doing what he loved to do, do we need to involve the 8 and 14 March troubadours in everything?
21 December 2011, 11:34
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Just to set it straight: John was attempting the first ascent of a prominent couloir in the southern section of the western face of Mount Sannine - proper mountaineering wearing crampons and using two ice axes. The conditions were unusually warm on Sunday, which could have contributed to bad snow or loose rocks.
His vehicle wasn't found by the US embassy in Ouata eJ Jouaz but in the village of Sannine by a fellow climber. I am glad his death doesn't get the one-line treatment of European mountaineering accidents and I think he would have loved the media attention. May he rest in peace we will miss him.
21 December 2011, 12:20
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Hmmmm.. something Fishy here, Mountain Climber/American/ this period (un safe) ... and coincidentally finding spying devices in sannine and other remote mountain areas.. american...hmmm death.... there must be a relation....
he wasnt killed for no reason...i assume he is just another CIA agnet.
However may he RIP
21 December 2011, 14:49
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John was a great person with a gentle forgiving soul. Rest in peace John...
21 December 2011, 15:44
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R.I.P. John we will always remember the good times with you. God Bless your wife, new baby and your family back in USA. You will be missed
21 December 2011, 23:38
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Our dear friend and co-organizer of the BMFF World Tour in Lebanon John Redwine was killed in a mountaineering accident on the western face of Mount Sannine on Sunday.
John was a skilled and gifted mountaineer with extensive solo experience. He had set out to make the first ascent of a prominent couloir situated on the southern section of the face, directly to the right of the "Grande Coulée." This ascent - with an elevation gain of 800m including 300m of technical climbing at an average slope of 45% - was among the many goals he had set himself for this winter climbing season.
He fell 50 - 70m to his death in the steepest section of the climb at 2150m. Bad snow conditions or loose rocks in unusually warm weather are factors that likely resulted in the circumstances that led to his fall.
After an extensive search on Monday, his vehicle was finally found by a fellow climber on Tuesday morning. An army helicopter then spotted his body at the exact location of the accident.
