It would seem he was a fairly experienced climber:
The family of missing movie star
Julian Sands say he was doing what he loved best
when he vanished – as they released the last known images of him
mountaineering.
With the hunt for the British actor in the
California mountains entering its sixth day, poignant photographs that he sent to his grandson show him looking relaxed and happy while climbing well above the clouds.
Mr Sands, who starred in more than 150 films and television series including
A Room with a View, sent the pictures of himself climbing the Weisshorn mountain in the
Swiss Alps to his grandson last September.
A family member told
The Independent: “This is how he would love to be seen, doing what he loved best – a heroic mountaineer, and thrilled to send a picture of him looking so happy to share with his beloved grandson, Billy.”
And a friend described him as “a Byronesque romantic and an adventurer who is drawn to the extremes of nature, relishing the freedom of mountains”.
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Picture exclusive: Poignant images show missing ‘A Room with a View’ star scaling peaks in the Alps as search enters sixth day
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