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# Search underway for missing climber on Denali
- URL: https://ktna.org/search-underway-for-missing-climber-on-denali/
- Published: 2009-05-22T08:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2009-05-22T08:00:00.000Z
- Description: An initial aerial search for an overdue climber on Denali took place this morning (thurs) according to Park spokeswoman, Maureen McLaughlin. Gerald Myers, a 41-year-old resident of Centennial, Colorado, began
- Author: KTNA Staff
- Tags: Local News, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-07-22 01:28

An initial aerial search for an overdue climber on Denali took place this morning (thurs) according to Park spokeswoman, Maureen McLaughlin.

Gerald Myers, a 41-year-old resident of Centennial, Colorado, began a  
solo bid for the summit on Tuesday, May 19\. According to a note left for his three climbing partners, Myers departed the 14,200 camp around 4:30 a.m. Other sightings that afternoon were made  
on the traverse to Denali Pass at 18, 600 feet and then again near 19,000  
feet. According to NPS rangers on patrol at high camp, Myers did not  
return to camp Tuesday night.

During their investigations the following day, rangers learned that Myers  
was seen by another party approaching the mountain’s summit. At the time, weather high on the  
mountain was deteriorating with winds gusting 40 to 50 mph.

McLaughlin says that Myers was reportedly carrying skis on his backpack when he was spotted near  
the summit. Based on equipment left at various caches on the mountain, it  
is expected that Myers was carrying minimal survival gear at the time of  
his disappearance. He is presumed to be carrying a SPOT locator beacon.

Aerial searching will continue as visibility and winds allow. Rangers and volunteers at the 14-2 camp continue conducting visual searches via a spotting scope for a possible ski descent. Currently, visibility is generally obscured by clouds, with wind gusting to 45 mph near the summit.