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It is 2.51 our time in the morning Sunday.

They have organized 6 sherpas to go out from on the mountain, by foot, which 

will take them12 hours to walk to base camp where Trev was last seen. They are 

experienced climbers with all the climbing gear with all the communication 

needed to do a search and rescue operation. 

They spoke to Aurelia today, his hiking partner, just a few minutes ago and 

nothing to report, everyone is still out there looking for Trev, but no success yet.

Just pray that he stays safe until help arrives.

Barbara

07/24/05 9 a.m.

Dear all, 

Monica's friend, Fiona, who as hiked the trail Trevor is on says that if anyone can

find him, the Sherpas can. They are amazing men. So, this is good news. We

just hope that they find him quickly enough. Just spoke to Jamie, the American 

ambassador, and he has no new news, but spoke to Aurelia, and they found an 

area in the glacier that they feel you could get into and lost in, but could not 

pursue it because of lack of equipment, so she will be waiting for the sherpas to 

show them where they have searched and where Trevor left her. 

Just hope and pray 

Love, 

Barbara

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Arnie and Ellwyn are on their way to Katmandu and will be landing Dallas time 8.30 p.m. on Sunday evening.

The previous Chabad Shaliach from Nepal said he has heard lots and lots of survival stories.

Sunday night Dallas time 11.30 p.m. 

I have just spoken to Arnie, they were picked up by Jamie from the Embassy and 

got cleaned up to go and meet with Mr. Sing who is in charge of the sherpas. The 

sherpas left Dingboche yesterday.

6.30 a.m. Monday the 25th Dallas time:

Just spoke to Arnie, the sherpas arrived a little later than anticipated since I had 

asked for 2 extra to go, over and above the original 4 that were suggested.  This 

took a little longer for them to gear up.  They were also carrying 50lbs of "gear" 

each, which did not make it any easier.  They met Ariela where Trevor left her 

and it was far more north than anticipated, but after seeing the area they feel that 

he headed to the "ice falls" which have a series of caves and that he probably went in to take 

photographs and got lost in the caves.  The good news is that if that is the case he is protected and 

he was wearing his thermals, his ski pants and jacket, as well as gloves.  He also had a 

few energy bars and a bottle of water.

After Arnie explained the wilderness training he has had, from Rocky Mountain to 

NOLS, they feel he has probably just stopped and is waiting for help to come.  If 

this is all correct, it is very good news.  The Search and Rescue team are very 

positive that they will find him.

Because of the distance from where the guest house is, they may not get many 

hours in today, but tomorrow they will leave at day break with enough supplies to

 be able to sleep out on the ice fields, this enables them to use all of the daylight 

hours and not to waste them on getting to and from the area that they are 

searching. Trevor also has the advantage of having done a Vipassana Meditation 

Course.........so he has many resources to draw on.

Namaste

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INFORMATION FROM FIONA: 

I am sure the Icefall they talk about is the Khumbu Icefall which is part of the 

glacier and the first section that you climb up if you are trying to summit Everest.  

It is very close to base camp and base camp is about an hour or two waking from 

Gorak Shep.  I have a picture of the lodge at Gorak Shep so Ariella must be 

waiting there.  I have every confidence in the sherpas - they know a lot and 

wherever Trevor is they are good at helping people both in mountain medicine 

and in getting you out of places - they are just so nimble and stable on uneven 

surfaces - just 

like mountain goats hopping from ice piece to ice piece and from rock to rock. 

The hospital is at Pheriche which is also fairly close by so if he has hurt his leg or 

something there is help for that close by - but I am just praying he is in one of 

those caves just sitting and waiting.  After having done those survival courses, he 

will know what to do and will be doing all the right things to make sure he stays 

safe. 

Hang in there - they will find him soon and bring him home safely.

Love

Fiona.

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Tuesday, July 26, 10:25 a.m.

PRAY FOR GOOD WEATHER

The sherpas were unsuccessful today.  Trevor apparently has the companionship 

of a dog that followed him and Aurelia on their hike...the dog stayed on with Trev 

when Aurelia went back, and hopefully they are keeping each other warm.

Arnie and Ellwyn, weather permitting will be going by helicopter with Nico, a 

Belgian climber, who has offered to be dropped off with the Sherpas.  He thinks 

Trevor wandered off more south than anticipated and is south and east of Gorak 

Shep.  They will also do a fly over the area in the hope that Trev will hear them 

and "show" himself so that then the sherpas can go and get him.

This can only be done weather permitting...................

PRAY FOR GOOD WEATHER AND FOR HIS SAFE RETURN.

July 28, 9:27 a.m.

Unfortunately Trevor still has not been found. The sherpas are still 

continuing their search. We have done a number of remote viewings and to 

no avail at this point! Today will be a day, for us, of moving forward 

with other avenues of  search and rescue.  Please continue to pray that 

help will come quickly!

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Spoke to Arnie today   Thursday the 28th at 10.00 a.m.

6 more sherpas are on their way to Base Camp.  They left today and will 

be walking up to help out and to relieve the other 6 who are exhausted 

from the constant work they have been doing.

Thanks to all of you who have been giving us recommendations on "remote 

viewing"........we have taken advantage of many of them.  The one result 

we had today makes us really hopeful.  If this gentleman is as accurate 

with Trev's description as he is with the mapped areas he has marked, we 

will find him tomorrow.

I have never spoken directly to the gentleman, only to his wife.  He had 

Trevor's name and birth date and this is the result:

Believe target (Trevor) is a male, approximately five feet, nine or 10 

inches in height, light build, perhaps 165 to 160 pounds (he lost 20 

lbs. on his last 20 day hike).  Dark complexion, but this is probably 

from sun exposure an being out of doors - sun and weathering.  I get a 

sense that this is a young man who spends a great deal of time on his 

feet waling or traveling; a person who is not afraid of the road less 

traveled.  He has brown hair or a lighter than darker hair, again, also 

more from being in the sun or weather - possibly a beard, but this too 

may be a result of being in a place for some time where it is more 

difficult to shave, or where water for shaving is more difficult to come 

by.  Approximate age is 26 or maybe 27 years.

He is still alive, but just hanging on..................please everyone 

pray and give your positive energy to him so that we can reach him in time.

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Friday 29th 5.37 a.m.

We are getting closer..............Arielle was having dinner at 

Katmandu with 2 friends from the mountain and they were discussing 

Trevor's disappearance.  Richard was next to them and heard them talking 

and then he realized that it was Trevor they were talking about and he 

was supposed to meeting him that very evening for dinner, they had 

planned it before hiking to Base Camp.  At that point he pulled out a 

trekking map and showed them where Trevor had marked where he was going 

to go to take the "perfect" photo of the Khumbu 

Icefall.................we believe he is there.  The sherpas are 

attempting to get there before night fall, however they are many hours 

away from that spot and may not be able to do it.  All our psychics are 

telling us that he is alive, but injured.

Keep him in your thoughts and prayers............hang in there Trev, we 

are coming to get you.

Mom

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Saturday July 30th   8.46 a.m.

Still nothing..............with 19 sherpas out yesterday, they still did 

not find him.  Where is he?  What was he thinking...........what was he 

trying to achieve?

Some good news.....the army has given permission for a colonel from the 

army to fly a helicopter, one that can stay up for 4 hours, up tomorrow 

morning with Daniel and a sherpa and very high powered binoculars to 

scour the land and look for Trevor.  The weather is less of a factor for 

this kind of helicopter, hopefully they are low enough, or see close 

enough that they are able to spot him.

They are also sending up 6 new sherpas to give the original crew a break 

as they have been at it for 10 to 12 hours a day for a week and are 

exhausted.  Maybe some "new eyes" and "new legs" will help.

Keep us all in your thoughts and your prayers.

Sunday July 31st............Dallas time 8.39 a.m.

The news is not good, the helicopter went out yesterday and was so low 

that they could identify garbage on the ground and know what it was.   

There was no sign of Trevor, no tracks, no "stuff".......nothing.

They landed at the local village and the villagers told them that there 

had been an avalanche on that Friday in the exact area that Trevor was 

going to explore.  There is a good chance that he was in the wrong place 

at the wrong time.

We are not concluding the search.  Andrew from Australia will be flying 

in on Tuesday, he is a search and rescue coordinator, and will continue 

to conduct the rest of the search with new sherpas.  We are not giving 

up yet............not until we have exhausted all avenues.

Jodi and I are flying out to Katmandu today.

Barbara.

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Tuesday, August 2nd – 10 pm. Local time

Jodi and I are in Katmandu. We are expecting Andrew Lock in at midday today, he is flying in from

Australia. He is an expert in search and rescue and will continue this with new sherpas.

Continue praying for Trev ….. we are hoping for a miracle.

Barbara.

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Wednesday August 3rd 10.00 a.m. Katmandu time

Yesterday, Andrew Lock arrive in Katmandu from Australia and has been working

closely with us on the plans for the next week to find Trevor. 

Andrew is an expert in "Search and Rescue" missions: www.andrew-lock.com

He interviewed all the people who had been with Trevor the few days before he went missing

to find out exactly what his intentions were, what he was trying to photograph

and where he was hoping to go to in the Base camp area. 

Today is a day to get all the needed equipment together: bamboo to probe

the avalanche area, a stretcher, splints, ropes, and other necessary items for the rescue.

 A helicopter will be transporting the equipment and some of the Sherpas up the mountain tomorrow. 

The plan is that 30 Sherpas will be doing an intensive search over "key" areas that Andrew has identified.

Arnie, Jodi and I have all been identified as possible blood donors and

we are ready to give when the time comes.

Posters in both Nepalese and English identifying a missing man with a photograph

of Trevor will be posted today around town as well along the hiking trek from Lukla to t

he top of the mountain and in the small towns in the side valleys in case he has wandered off.

There is still a chance that Trev is "hanging on."  Check out the story of James Scott's 43 day survival 

at a lower altitude, but in winter, which keeps our hopes "up".

Pray and keep us in your thoughts and let us bring him home alive.

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Thursday August 4th, 2005  11.00 a.m. Katmandu time

Once the clouds lifted this morning, a MI 17 helicopter carrying supplies and passengers- including

Andrew Lock, the lead Sherpa, and Arnie- flew to Lukla where they dropped Arnie and another

gentleman off to relieve some of the weight so that they could fly up to a higher altitude to meet with the

Sherpas.  Andrew will be conducting a meeting with all the Sherpas to carefully delineate the method for

the continuation of the search.  After the meeting the helicopter will take the lead Sherpa higher up the

mountain, so that the search can resume.

I know that everyone is hoping that we have either sightings of clothing or the dog or some indication of

Trevor, but unfortunately we have nothing to report in that regard.  When we do, an update will go out

immediately, but the details of the search procedure are all we have to hang on to until further notice.

Continue to pray for good weather to bring Arnie and Andrew back to Katmandu this afternoon and

keep up your positive thoughts.

Barbara

Pray and keep us in your thoughts and let us bring him home alive.

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Friday, 11am August 5, 2005, Katmandu time.

Yesterday morning (Thursday August 4), Andrew Lock, Daniel Rennert, Aurelia Mignon and lead Sherpa,

Mingma Dorje, flew by helicopter to the high mountain village of Lobuche, a short distance from the

search area. They took a large quantity of search equipment to support the new search, which is to be

conducted by a fresh team of 30 strong Sherpas from nearby villages. These Sherpas are strong,

experienced and very keen to do their best to find Trevor.

Andrew and Mingma briefed the team who will be based at the village of Gorak Shep in the heart of the

search area and will spend the next week comprehensively searching both the glacier where Trevor was

last seen and the surrounding areas as well.

The local media have been briefed and support staff are continuing to post missing person notices from

Katmandu to the base of Everest.

Aurelia elected to join the search team but will remain at Gorak Shep as a point of liaison between the

Katmandu Search and Rescue command centre and the searchers on site. Daniel was flown to the

village of Namche Bazaar and over the next few days will trek to base camp, acclimatizing carefully as he

goes but with the intention of providing support to Aurelia when he arrives and posting further missing

person notices along the main trekking route.

Returning from the mountains this morning Andrew stated that he was very satisfied with the search team

and the plan for the search over the next week. Search areas have been prioritized, support equipment

and communications put in place and a comprehensive plan developed. He said that despite the wet

conditions from the monsoon, the warmer temperatures at this time of year give good cause to be hopeful

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Update Saturday August 6^th 2005

At 6pm last night, Arnie and Andrew spoke with Mingma Dorje and Aurelia

at Gorak Shep.  Mingma told them that the weather had been poor in the

search area with snow fall making the surrounding mountain faces

dangerous to approach. The search team therefore decided to search the

Khumbu glacier from the last sighting of Trevor back down to the vicinity

of Gorak Shep village. 

They made a very close search with only a few meters between each searcher, so that

area has now been crossed off the map as completed.  Today the search team is focusing

on the ice pinnacles on the east side of the glacier, the bottom of the Khumbu icefall

and around to the Khumbutse ridge.

This morning we had an audience with the Ringpoche Lama at Bhodinath

temple in Kathmandu.  The Lama advised that the search team should

carefully look in the vicinity of the Khumbutse ridge, which they are doing at this moment.

Radio spots have been translated into Nepalese and will be broadcast on

two stations in the region that Trevor may have wandered into,

should he have become disoriented.

We are hopeful. Thank you for all your thoughts and prayers.

Arnie, Barbara and Jodi.

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Sunday 7^th August 2005

The search team reports that yesterday they had very low cloud and

consistent rain over the Khumbu glacier making conditions difficult for the

searchers, however they persisted with their efforts throughout the

day.

Areas searched included the pinnacles, the east side of the Khumbu

glacier to the Nuptse face, the lower (accessible) part of the Khumbu

icefall and the Khumbutse ridge.  A number of sherpas entered the icefall

with ropes and technical equipment to search as comprehensively as they

could in the conditions and 2 Sherpas also climbed the Khumbutse ridge

whilst the remainder of the team searched the lower slopes.

Today the team is completing the search of the Khumbutse ridge and will

then concentrate on the slopes below Mt Lingtren to Pumori and then to

Kala Patthar.  They report that the weather continues to be very poor

with the onset of the monsoon proper, but are  determined to make the

best effort.

A few minutes ago, at 12.30pm we spoke to Mingma and he said it is

snowing quite hard and he may have to call the search off early so as not to

put anyone in danger. They will cover the areas intended for today in the

morning, if need be.

Keep praying.

Arnie, Barbara and Jodi.

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August 8^th 1p.m. Kathmandu time

Report from Mingma Dorje and Aurelia Mignon at the search site last  night was that they'd had

a spell of bad weather with low cloud and about 6cm of damp snow falling on the glacier. This

made recognition of objects a little more difficult; however, the search team prevailed and

continued until late afternoon. Evening rain should quickly melt the snow unless low night

temperatures lead to more snow.

The team completed their search of Khumbutse ridge yesterday, as well as the lateral moraine

and slopes running from Mt Lingtren to Mt Pumori and all the way to Kala Pattar. They also

searched the lower Changri Shar and Changri Nup glaciers to the west of Gorak Shep.

Today, weather depending, they will complete the glacier search from Gorak Shep south to the

village of Lobuche, as well as the small glacier opposite Gorak Shep which lies below Mt Nuptse.

Some thermal imaging equipment is expected to arrive tomorrow and an assessment will then

be made as to whether or not it can be utilized in these conditions.

Broadcasts on local radio have gone out to villages in the area and tomorrow one team of

Sherpas will make the trek over the Cho La (pass) to the Gokyo region, west of the Khumbu

glacier, both to look for Trevor and to advise the local people of the situation, on the off chance

that Trevor walked that way.

This is the last day of the search........all areas would have been covered by the end of today,

most of them at least five times. The fact that Trev has not been found means that he is either

in a crevasse or under the avalanche debris. There is a slim chance that he has walked off the

mountain, but we have had no response from our television, newspaper and radio ads that

would have alerted locals to Trevor's disappearance.

About an hour ago Daniel arrived to support Aurelia in the final search: If it is safe for the

Sherpas, they will probe the extension of the avalanche tomorrow - that is to say that they will

not be probing the main path of the avalanche as new debris - thick chunks of ice- fall in that

area constantly. If tomorrow produces no results, we've done everything we can and will return

to Dallas sometime over the weekend after Aurelia and Daniel safely make their

way back to Kathmandu.

This has been really hard for us, but having each other has helped in being able to come to

some acceptance that Trevor won't be coming home.

Arnold, Barbara and Jodi

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Tuesday August 9, 5:00 pm Kathmandu time

The avalanche was not probed today as it was unsafe for the Sherpas to access the spot- it had been raining all day and the site was active.

This morning we had the help of a psychic investigator who works with law enforcement in the US to find missing people.  She spoke to Daniel with the intention of directing him to Trevor's location, but because of the homogeny of the terrain was unable to pinpoint an exact spot. The investigator indicated that Trevor had fallen into a crevasse, and was therefore not visible from above-by foot or air- which would explain why fifteen days of searching has produced nothing.

According to Andrew, Trevor could not have lived more than a few hours after his fall, which is comforting to us.The three of us have gained tremendous strength from each other through the past two-and-a-half weeks.

Thank you for all your thoughts and prayers.  We are planning to sit shiva once we return to Dallas and will give one last update with the date of our return and date and time for a remembrance service and tribute to Trevor's life.

Trevor died on top of the world in his mountains with his camera.  We are grieving, no doubt, but there is peace that comes from knowing that he was in his element living one of the greatest times of his life. 

Arnie, Barbara and Jodi

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August 11

Last Update:

We are confirmed leaving Saturday at 8 pm and will meet up with Jodi, who is in London spending time with her cousin, to arrive in Dallas on Sunday afternoon.

We will hold the remembrance service and tribute to Trevor's life on Wednesday night August 17th at 7:00 pm at Chabad of Dallas at 6710 Levelland Road (972) 818-0770.

We are coming home with heavy hearts.