The Mystery of Deceased Hiker ‘Mostly Harmless’ Is at Long Last Solved

Hope this dude found what he was looking for. I think a lot of people can see themselves in this story. The desire to walk off and be alone and sure potentially to just give up and die somewhere. If he really just sat down and decided to starve or was so deeply depressed as to be unable to see he was slowly dying he had some deep issues that we&#x27;ll probably never know the extent of.<p>Any time something like this comes out it reminds me, especially during the holiday to season, to reach out intentionally to people I care about and make sure they know I&#x27;ve got their back.<p>Just last week I did some sleuthing and found out an old friend had been incarcerated for 15 years for a drink driving crash that killed someone. I knew his family life was a mess and even though we hadn&#x27;t talked in 10+ years I wrote him a letter to let him know someone was at least thinking about him.<p>Whatever happened to this guy his story reminds us to take care of each other.

I am a fan of long-distance cycle touring, (and cycling in general)and the number of times that I&#x27;ve almost been hit (AND been a victim of a hit &amp; run) is too high to count. I&#x27;ve done things like place a laminated info-sheet with my name, address, DOB, blood-type, etc. in my panniers in the hope that it would help identify the body if it ever came to that. I realized however that emergency responders probably won&#x27;t find it, or won&#x27;t look at it if they do find it.<p>So I got a tattoo on my chest with name, DOB, blood-type and Drivers License number.<p>These are 2 pictures, one showing a bare-loadout (activity: grocery shopping)<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;photos.app.goo.gl&#x2F;kq3rhXV6daFDtSVL8" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;photos.app.goo.gl&#x2F;kq3rhXV6daFDtSVL8</a><p>And this is a a medium touring load-out:<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;photos.app.goo.gl&#x2F;fXgfsRWf8RCLPeTN8" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;photos.app.goo.gl&#x2F;fXgfsRWf8RCLPeTN8</a><p>I think you could see why I assume a cop might never find emergency information.

The article tells a touching story but it leaves me trying to piece together_exactly_ how he died. 83lbs with money and food in the tent. Did he just selectively starve himself as a symptom of some form of depression?<p>I guess what I&#x27;m morbidly curious about is the ability to sit among food and starve yourself to death.<p>I apologize if this sounds insensitive. I don&#x27;t intend it to be so.

The mystery was heavily discussed (&gt;300 comments) here earlier (before this development in the story): <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=24981786" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=24981786</a><p>Can be interesting to see how the speculation there was correct or not.

Wow. I was at University of Louisiana in 94 and vividly remember a specific group of people who would spend hours playing muds on those SparcStation 1&#x27;s.

Interesting story. Given this is a tech forum, this page has a link to hiker&#x27;s scanned notebook with the code in it, just in case anyone else is curious.<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.colliersheriff.org&#x2F;news&#x2F;sworn-statement" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.colliersheriff.org&#x2F;news&#x2F;sworn-statement</a>

This is a case that has interested me for a while.. Photos definitely look the same.<p>It seems a bit odd that Collier County sheriff&#x27;s office haven&#x27;t been able to confirm this yet, though?

How heartening and amazing it is about human beings the lengths we will go to rescue a total stranger from dying unknown in mystery, and lay his&#x2F;her body and life to rest with some sense of resolution.