[pct-l] Missing Japanese Hiker on PCT

[Nuoya Zhang]

Hi all--

The SAR will conduct a helicopter & ground search for Taka today beginning
at sunlight. If you have ANY information regarding Takahisa Nezu, the
missing Japanese hiker, please go to the following link and post your info
there -- your contribution might be essential to the rescue effort!

LINK: https://www.facebook.com/groups/gotaka/

Thanks,
Chinese Rock


On Thu, Oct 3, 2013 at 4:48 AM, Yoshihiro Murakami <completewalker at gmail.com
> wrote:

> His friend is worrying about him, because he do not respond to his
> friend's e-mail, and his facebook remains untouched.
>
> His face is
>
>
> https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10201992473354983&set=gm.425329750906141&type=1&theater
>
>
> 2013/10/3 Nuoya Zhang <nzhang4 at binghamton.edu>
>
>> 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!
>>
>> Chinese Rock
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