Two missing Americans, 1 Canadian climbing New Zealand’s tallest mountain presumed dead

2 missing Americans, 1 Canadian climbing New Zealand’s tallest mountain presumed dead

Crews have ended their search for three climbers from North America who vanished attempting to climb Aoraki, the tallest mountain in New Zealand, officials said.

The climbers, Americans Kurt Blair, 56, and Carlos Romero, 50, and an unidentified Canadian man, disappeared five days ago, and are presumed dead, Aoraki Area Commander Inspector Vick announced in a statement Friday.