Across China: Sichuan

Climber's body recovered

Rescuers battling strong winds and blizzards recovered the body of a second American climber yesterday after an avalanche buried a team of three US mountaineers in Sichuan last week, Lin Li, secretary-general of the Sichuan Mountaineering Association, told China Daily. One of the Americans was still missing.

The body of photographer Wade Johnson, 24, of Arden Hills, Minn., was found yesterday morning by Chinese rescuers that scoured Mount Gongga in Sichuan province. The body of Jonathan Copp of Boulder, Colorado, was found Saturday.