Concerns grow for student lost on snowy peak
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THE father of a 24-year-old man who went missing on Monday while on a trip to Huashan Mountain in Shaanxi, broke down in tears yesterday as he told Shanghai Daily that police in the northwest China province had yet to find any clues to the whereabouts of his son.
“(They) told us the search was too difficult, so we’ve been looking for Zhu Xianfeng by ourselves for the past two days,” said the distraught parent, who asked not to be named.
“We can’t imagine what has happened to him; we just want him to come home,” he said.
Zhu, a master’s student at Shanghai University of International Business and Economics, traveled alone to Xi’an, capital of Shaanxi, on January 20. His father said his son called him on Sunday to say he’d booked a flight home for the following day.
“He said he was taking the 8pm flight on Monday,” his father said. “He seemed perfectly fine, so we had no reason to worry.”
Zhu, however, did not board his flight, and when his family tried to call him, they found his phone had been switched off.
Xu Cong, Zhu’s cousin, said he was “very worried” as Xu was an experienced traveler who went on solo trips several times a year.
“We just hope that someone saw him can give us a clue to where he went,” he told Shanghai Daily over the phone last night.
“Police said they have spoken to professional guides who will (today) join the search for Zhu,” he said.
“So far, they’ve been looking in the areas where tourists go, but they need to expand their search,” he said.
Huashan Mountain is one of China’s most popular scenic spots and though accessible to day-trippers, its dual peaks reach over 2,100 meters and the area is not without danger to those who stray off the beaten track.
The last known sighting of Zhu was at 2:49pm on Monday when he was caught on a surveillance camera in the area known as Yingzui Peak. The footage showed the pathways covered in thick snow.
Ticket sales at the scenic spot were suspended due to bad weather on January 22 — after the snow rose to 30 centimeters — and only resumed at 8am on Monday, an official from the tourist attraction told Shanghai Daily.
Despite the poor conditions, it is very rare for anyone to go missing on the mountain, the person said.
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