Count me in as well. Chris is good people, no question about it. Maybe he could use a pre-paid mobile phone (trackfone, boost, etc.)?

Chris, although I never received the package with a Sparklite and "a good length of paracord" I would be willing to help if I can. I hope you recover and come back soon. This forum is not the same without you.

François

Thanks for the info. Count me in as well!

Doug, have you heard from Chris? I haven't, but today, I picked up a couple of poncho liners to send over along with some other stuff.

I have not heard anything. We've been making attempts to ascertain Chris' current status or make contact, but so far have come up empty. I remain concerned since it isn't all that difficult to borrow access to a computer somehow, someway these days to shoot me an email. I'll post here as soon as I hear something or we turn up anything. Until we get a contact, there's not much we can do. Hopefully, he'll pop up soon.

Thanks Doug. I thought about sending a prepaid phone like a Tracphone to his old address but haven't since I have no idea where it will end up. Yeah, definitely strange. I hope all is well.

Somehow I'm picturing Chris sitting on a hillside somewhere in CA wrapped in a big wool blanket and waving a signal mirror at anything in the sky that moves.

Hopefully he is OK and possibly enjoying a break from the world wide web.

We all miss him.

Isn't there anyone that lives near his area that can track him down? I mean if he went on a hike or somehting and no one heard from him in a week we would be calling SAR, this really shouldn't be any different, as we know now he is missing.

"Missing" and "out of contact" are two very different things. We know he was in temp quarters. I'd hazard a guess that he's got more pressing things going on than checking his online stuff.

Does he have an off-line job? Perhaps someone can track him down there and confirm he's still doing OK, and maybe get updated contact info.

Folks,

I think I need to just come out and suggest that we need to contact Chris directly before we do anything like sending stuff. Let this rest for a bit.