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 [...]
---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--- First published: July 31st, 2024 Source: https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/fPh2zamuPpBAq2rgD/recommendation-reports-on-the-search-for-missing-hiker-bill) --- Narrated by TYPE III AUDIO). ---Images from the article:)))))
