Missing climbers spotlight dangers of mountain treks

CHENGDU: Two recent incidents in Sichuan province that left six foreign mountain climbers missing and presumed dead have underscored to the public the dangers in adventure climbing.

Survival chances for the missing foreign mountaineers are very slim, an official said yesterday.

Last year's earthquake changed the landscape of some mountains, making mountaineering perilous in Sichuan province, said Lin Li, secretary-general of the Sichuan Mountaineering Association.