George Kohler, courtesy of DMV
George Kohler of San Francisco was participating in a 318-mile cycling tour of Death Valley. He had only gone 52 miles when he mysteriously disappeared about a week ago on March 12. It was the first day of the tour.
Kohler and other cyclists were camped near Mesquite Springs and at about 8 p.m. he said he was getting tired and left, presumably for his tent. That was the last anyone ever saw of him. The next morning his tent appeared unused, and his bike and the rest of his gear was still there.
Currently, helicopters, foot patrols, and specially trained canines are searching for the missing man. However, there is speculation as to why or how he could have went missing. Kohler is fairly experienced at outdoors activities like this. Mesquite Springs has relatively mild temperatures and the area is not particularly rugged or dangerous.
As with any desert scenario, he may very well have just got lost and accidentally went too far during the course of the night. One interesting theory that is being speculated on is if Kohler decided to go missing on purpose, scheduling a pickup at a designated location nearby and then hightailing it out of there, leaving all his belongings behind.
If he’s still missing by the time the search parties quite, Kohler’s disappearance will be one of the intriguing Death Valley vanishing to occur in recent years.
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