Julian Sands discussed the dangers of mountaineering for death

British actor Julian Sands, whose remains were found last month after he disappeared while climbing a California mountain range in January, spoke of how “dangerous” the activity could be in his last British interview before he went missing.

“I’ve found ghostly things in the mountains, knowing you’re in a place where many people have lost their lives… You can encounter human remains and that can be horrifying,” Sands told the magazine last year RadioTimes.

Sands had been promoting his latest role in a BBC radio drama ‘The Willows’ when talk turned to his upcoming climb.

“My version of LA isn’t pools and parties… It’s rattlesnakes, bears, cougars, mountains,” he said during the interview.

The Yorkshireman said climbing was about finding “comfort” and “self-affirmation,” Radio Times reported.

“If you can handle dangerous mountains, you can certainly handle life as an actor – the two complement each other quite a bit.”

Sands, who was 64 at the time, dismissed the idea that he was too old to climb, though he admitted many friends had stopped, partly because of age, and partly because “with climate change, the rock faces have become much more unstable. .”

“If you don’t really have the desire, the focus to climb a route, if you’re not absolutely committed, it becomes much more dangerous and a much more draining experience.” he told the magazine.

“It’s not easy to find people whose company I enjoy in such stressful and intimate circumstances.”

Sands, who is known for his roles on “A Room with a View” and “Arachnophobia,” and shows like “24,” was declared missing when he failed to return from a hike in the Mount Baldy area on Jan. 13.

Human remains found in the area on June 24 have since been declared as those of the actor.