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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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By LessWrongThis 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:
Apple Podcasts and Spotify do not show images in the episode description. Try Pocket Casts, or another podcast app.
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