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Climbers search for missing Australian
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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
con...
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