Three famous mountain climbers presumed dead after an avalanche in Banff.

Three professional mountain climbers were missing and presumed dead on Thursday after an avalanche in Banff National Park in the western province of Alberta. The three were identified as Jess Roskelley, an accomplished American mountaineer, and David Lama and HansjΓΆrg Auer, both Austrian, by the North Face clothing company, their sponsor. When the men failed to return from their climb as scheduled on Wednesday, Parks Canada, the government agency responsible for the park, said that it immediately sent aircraft to search for them. The aerial survey found the agency said, “signs of multiple avalanches and debris containing climbing equipment” in the area where the three had been climbing.“They are missing and local search and rescue has assumed the worst,” the North Face said in an email. “We are waiting to learn additional information as the search mission continues.”Three professional mountain climbers were missing and presumed dead on Thursday after an avalanche in Banff National Park in the western province of Alberta. The three were identified as Jess Roskelley, an accomplished American mountaineer, and David Lama and HansjΓΆrg Auer, both Austrian, by the North Face clothing company, their sponsor. When the men failed to return from their climb as scheduled on Wednesday, Parks Canada, the government agency responsible for the park, said that it immediately sent aircraft to search for them. The aerial survey found the agency said, “signs of multiple avalanches and debris containing climbing equipment” in the area where the three had been climbing.“They are missing and local search and rescue has assumed the worst,” the North Face said in an email. “We are waiting to learn additional information as the search mission continues.”A biography of Mr Lama on the North Face website says that he is the son of a Nepali mountain guide and an Austrian nurse. He began climbing at the age of 5 and was widely recognized for his skill when he was a teenager.Mr. Auer, who was born in 1984, was a mathematics and sports teacher at a secondary school until 2009 when he became a professional climber. In 2016, he received the Paul Preuss Prize, an award for outstanding mountaineers who climb without the help of ropes or other aids. The parks service said that recovery efforts had been postponed because of “additional avalanches and dangerous conditions at the scene.” Precipitation and high winds, it added, were increasing avalanche risk.
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