bancam
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A very random “what if” but... what if Niels Becker is alive and well and living off the grid in the general area? And either the couple or their drone stumbled upon him (or vice versa) and he really really didn’t want to be found? Becker only went missing late last year in this same general area, and according to his family, friends and Police he was fit, resilient, very intelligent, well prepared and “had been training a lot” for his five day hike up there. They’ve never found a trace of him.
Fit hiker may have succumbed to hypothermia in Victoria's high country, police say
Lots of abandoned mineshafts, a few high country huts, vast places to hideout or set up a makeshift camp or a more permanent shelter in Oct/Nov as it was heading into summer (still pretty cold at night though). Russell knew this area well too by all accounts.
Pretty random, I know, but stranger things have happened.
Without wanting to hijack this thread: here is a news clip of Becker’s parents describing his independent nature, how 6 months of planning went into him taking this solo hike (to coincide with his 39th birthday) and how he was a prolific writer of poetry about this specific area/Mt Buller. And curiously he didn’t even own a mobile phone. Not exactly your ordinary 39yo/weekend adventure hiker.
9 News Melbourne
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