“Recommendation: reports on the search for missing hiker Bill Ewasko” by eukaryote

This is a link post.Content warning: About an IRL death.

Today's post isn’t so much an essay as a recommendation for two bodies of work on the same topic: Tom Mahood's blog posts and Adam “KarmaFrog1” Marsland's videos on the 2010 disappearance of Bill Ewasko, who went for a day hike in Joshua Tree National Park and dropped out of contact.

2010 – Bill Ewasko goes missing

• Tom Mahood's writeups on the search [Blog post, website goes down sometimes so if the site doesn’t work, check the internet archive]

2022 – Ewasko's body found

• ADAM WALKS AROUND Ep. 47 "Ewasko's Last Trail (Part One)" [Youtube video]
• ADAM WALKS AROUND Ep. 48 "Ewasko's Last Trail (Part Two)" [Youtube video]

And then if you’re really interested, there's a little more info that Adam discusses from the coroner's report:

• Bill Ewasko update (1 of 2): The Coroner's Report
• Bill [...]

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Outline:

(03:44) Unknowns and the missing persons case

(05:47) How do you look for someone in the wilderness?

(10:30) Making hindsight useful

(12:05) How deep the search got

(14:50) A hostile information environment

(17:31) Maps and territories

(20:04) Endings

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First published:
July 31st, 2024

Source:
https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/fPh2zamuPpBAq2rgD/recommendation-reports-on-the-search-for-missing-hiker-bill

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Narrated by TYPE III AUDIO.

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