[pct-l] Missing Japanese Hiker on PCT

[Nuoya Zhang]

Hi fellow PCT-ers and trail angels,

My name is Heidi (trail name: Chinese Rock). I am a Chinese long distance
hiker who plans to thru-hike the PCT next year. In the past summer I
finished the Colorado Trail--what a fantastic hike!  I've been following
this email list-serv for a long time, and was updated on all the SAR news
recently...it was tragic, along with the gov shutdown.

I have another piece of bad news here...I was just informed that a Japanese
hiker named "Taka" left *Skykomish on Sept 25th* and was never heard of
since then. Many of you might already know him, since he was one of the 8
Japanese hikers who thru-hiked PCT last year.

Taka attended the PCT Days, and then headed towards the Canadian border. He
is expected to reach Stehekin on 9/30. Two days passed and we still heard
nothing from him. His friend "Goku" (PCT 2013 Japanese thru-hiker) and many
others (including "Low Gear") have attempted to contact him through
facebook and email, but he did not reply back.

So--if you happen to ever meet or hear about Taka after 9/25, please let us
know! His friends and family will greatly appreciate your information. If
we still hear nothing from him, we'll resort to SAR immediately.

Thank you very much! A picture of Taka is attached. This is the last time
he was spotted at Skykomish.

Thanks,
Chinese Rock