Kyle Dempster and Scott Adamson began their ascent of the 7,285-metre (23,900-foot) Ogre-II peak off the Choktoi Glacier in the Gilgit-Baltistan region of Pakistan on Sunday August 21, but went missing the next day and have not been seen since.
Reece, a Kentucky native, spent much of 2003 and 2004 watching a mining company "top" a mountain--dynamiting the peak off so the coal could be scooped out.
"Suharto's power is still strong, so what we have done so far is only slicing the peak off the pyramid," he said, referring to the success of students in forcing Suharto to step down.