Julian Sands – live: US federal agencies join search for British actor as phone pings reveal fresh details - The Independent

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Tom Murray21 January 2023 06:23

Sands described arsenic ‘a Byronesque romanticist and an adventurer’ by friend

In a connection shared exclusively with The Independent, a person of Sands described him arsenic “a Byronesque romanticist and an adventurer who is drawn to the extremes of nature”.

“Julian is chaotic and ne'er contained by rules oregon boundaries,” they said.

“He is profoundly inspired by the Romantic poets and his performances of their enactment are spellbinding and travel from a passionate emotion of literature.

“He is simply a person bound by Homeric qualities of loyalty and surviving beingness to the full.

“He takes nary prisoners and yet is arsenic gentle and generous and delicate arsenic the poets helium truthful admired.”

Tom Murray21 January 2023 05:27

Who are Sands’ children?

Sands’ 3 big children person joined rescue teams successful hunt of their father. Henry, 37, Sands’ eldest lad – with whom helium shares with his archetypal woman Sarah Sands – is retracing the way his begetter took, with the assistance of an experienced climber.

The actor’s 2 daughters Natalya, 26, and Imogen, 23, with whom helium shares with his woman Eugenia Citkowitz, person joined the crushed search.

Tom Murray21 January 2023 04:25

Operations to find histrion Julian Sands measurement up arsenic national agencies articulation search

Federal and authorities agencies successful the US person joined the hunt for Julian Sands, utilizing mobile telephone forensics to assistance pinpoint the determination of the British actor.

Both nationalist and authorities officials are present moving with the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s office, 1 week connected aft the histrion was archetypal reported missing successful the confederate Californian mountains.

As of Friday, crushed crews were inactive incapable to proceed their hunt efforts, owed to grounds of avalanches successful the area, and authorities said determination was inactive “no clip set” for erstwhile they would begin.

The engagement of national and authorities agencies marks a measurement up successful the hunt for Sands – which is to proceed via chopper lone for now.

Shweta Sharma21 January 2023 03:58

A look astatine Sands’ vocation and life

Read much astir the histrion himself here:

Tom Murray21 January 2023 03:27

In lawsuit you missed it, Julian Sands’ car has been located by authorities adjacent the trail. See the video here:

Tom Murray21 January 2023 02:32

Sheriffs contented informing for hikers

The Sherrif’s Department issued a informing connected Facebook, which includes a database of precautions for hikers.

“Over the past 4 weeks, San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Search and Rescue (SAR) Teams person responded to 14 rescue missions connected Mt Baldy and successful the surrounding area,” the station reads.

“These rescue missions person been for lost, stranded and/or injured hikers. Unfortunately, during these past 4 weeks, 2 hikers did not past aft falling and injuring themselves.

“Please cognize the existent conditions connected Mt Baldy are adverse and highly dangerous. Due to the precocious winds, the snowfall has turned to crystal making hiking highly dangerous. Sheriff’s Search and Rescue efforts are often hampered by mediocre upwind on with unsafe avalanche conditions. The caller storms that brought the snowfall and crystal conditions are not favourable for hikers, adjacent those that consciousness they person a precocious level of experience.”

Tom Murray21 January 2023 01:27

Sands’ emotion for mountaineering has brought him adjacent to decease before

In a 2020 interrogation with The Guardian, Sands spoke astir his emotion for mountaineering.

Asked wherever helium was happiest, Sands replied: “Close to a upland acme connected a glorious acold morning.”

However, the histrion besides revealed his brushwood with decease portion climbing successful the Andes.

Asked erstwhile was the closest he’d travel to decease was, Sands replied: “In the aboriginal ‘90s, successful the Andes, caught successful an atrocious tempest supra 20,000ft with 3 others. We were each successful a precise atrocious way. Some guys adjacent to america perished; we were lucky.”

Tom Murray21 January 2023 00:25

Why was the British histrion successful LA?

While Sands was primitively calved and raised successful the UK, moved to Hollywood successful the 1980s to prosecute a vocation successful American films.

Some of his bigger titles see The Killing Fields (1984), A Room with a View (1985), Warlock (1989), Arachnophobia (1990), Boxing Helena (1993) and Leaving Las Vegas (1995).

Tom Murray20 January 2023 23:30

Friends fearfulness for Sands’ wellbeing

Friends of Sands, galore of whom enactment successful the amusement industry, person shared their hopes for the histrion to beryllium recovered harmless and good since his disappearance 1 week ago.

You tin work a round-up of the messages here:

Tom Murray20 January 2023 22:45