WORLD IN BRIEF : CHINA : Rescuers Give Up on 17 Lost on Peak
From Times Staff and Wire Reports
Rescuers said there was no hope for any of 17 Japanese and Chinese climbers missing for 22 days on a snowed-in mountain in southwest China. The search was called off and the climbers were presumed dead. The team of 11 Japanese and six Chinese lost contact with their base camp Jan. 3 as they tried to conquer 22,110-foot Mt. Meili. Officials said the group may have been buried by “huge avalanches caused by heavy snowfall.”
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