Climbers search for missing Australian

CHENGDU: The Sichuan Provincial Mountain Climbers' Association has joined the search for an Australian tourist believed missing in the province's Ganzi Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture.

Andrew Clem Lindenmayer, 47, was last heard from in Kangding, capital of Ganzi, on May 2 when he wrote an email to his family in Australia saying that he was planning to go to the Gongga Mountain, Sichuan, area for up to seven days.

Last Friday, his family entrusted a travel agency in Sichuan to contact the association and ask for its help in locating him.