Missing hiker

[Slowest_Hiker]

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Location description is awful, but helo was searching on the west side of Waterman yesterday.

[HikeUp]

From a facebook thread I quickly found...

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source= ... 707384424/

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rant: this is how you ask for help? give shit fuck for info as to where and tell you to back off at the same time. "6000 ft trailhead"??? jesus tap dancing christ

[dima]

Also, surely contacting the "homicide" people with any info isn't what they meant. Right?

[Slowest_Hiker]

Yeah, very weird flyer.
Story through the grapevine I got is the friend she was hiking with got ahead and then couldn't find her and alerted SAR. Theory is she missed a turn and got lost.

[AW~]

Hmm...so we have so far to work with is 34.349583,-117.962806.
I suppose that she was hiking with her group, until she wasnt. So they called and bailed...with her car in Los Angeles, where she carpooled.

"We Hear You—Here’s How You Can Truly Help
Over the past several days, Montrose Search and Rescue and Crescenta Valley Station have received countless messages, phone calls, and offers from members of the public wanting to help search for Monica Reza in the Mount Waterman area. Your compassion and concern have been heartfelt and deeply appreciated.
That said, we want to be clear: We are not requesting or accepting civilian volunteers at this time."

[dima]

Where'd you get those coords??

[AW~]

Where'd you get those coords??

That was the facebook for Montrose SAR.

[HikeUp]

Google maps labels where the PCT crosses Highway 2 (ACH) as "6000 Ft Day Use". This is 1.3 miles east of Three Points. Near "Camp Glenwood". Of those three "landmarks" I've previously heard of one. BTW, PCT crosses ACH here at 6200 ft elevation.

https://www.fs.usda.gov/r05/angeles/rec ... lhead-6000

Now I know.

If you could choose just one "method" of telling the public where the hiker was last seen, which would you choose?
1. Coordinates.
2. Mile Marker (presumably with out typos and a reference to an official highway, road, street designation). For example Mile mark 56 on State Highway 2 (also known as Angeles Crest Highway)
3. Same as 2, except reference a landmark. For example 1.3 miles east of Three Points, x west of Waterman, etc.
4. Or just type some random characters such as 60001 trailhead avenue, angeles crest highway.

To most people, 1 thru 3 would look just like 4. Good luck.

[dima]

If you could choose just one "method" of telling the public where the hiker was last seen, which would you choose?
1. Coordinates.
2. Mile Marker (presumably with out typos and a reference to an official highway, road, street designation). For example Mile mark 56 on State Highway 2 (also known as Angeles Crest Highway)
3. Same as 2, except reference a landmark. For example 1.3 miles east of Three Points, x west of Waterman, etc.
4. Or just type some random characters such as 60001 trailhead avenue, angeles crest highway.

That would depend on what their goal is. They explicitly don't want the public to go help look for her, and she was with other people when she got lost. So... I don't know what the point of this poster even is.

[HikeUp]

Bingo

I don't know what the point of this poster even is.

[Slowest_Hiker]

Seriously crossed signals. Or something.

[JeffH]

There is actually a sign there saying it is the 6000 ft trailhead.

[HikeUp]

There is actually a sign there saying it is the 6000 ft trailhead.

I've been there dozens of times and have never seen it.

[HikeUp]

https://www.facebook.com/groups/7336242 ... wXIfr&_rdr

group trying to find her without interfering with S&R.