Rescue operations for a mountain climber, who has been missing in the Central Colombian Tolima mountains since late December, have been suspended, the local rescue team announced on Monday.
After 23 days of searching, “we are stopping the search because the dynamics of the operation only gave us until today,” Jaime Diaz, coordinator for the Tolima Emergency Rescue Committee told radio station La FM. “We did a sweep from the peaks to the bottom of the mountain and we were unable to find Carlos Alexander Gil,”the official added.
Diaz stated that this is the first time the team has been unable to find a missing person and that the team did everything possible to locate the missing climber.
Gil disappeared over Christmas. Six other hikers also went missing around the same time.
