Interesting theory since most of what he was eating was energy bar type food that likely contained gluten.
This was my initial guess. He drank bad water. A filter would have been the right approach. Sometimes hikers use drops on the theory that they'll clean up a batch of water, but those bottles are very specific in saying they are for removing aroma from already potable water; it's all an internet myth that would make water treated with these drops safe. A filter, on the other hand, will do everything necessary in the US (though not in developing countries), plus it'll filter out runoff.
I don't think the vending machines there give receipts. There is no store or restaurant there, IIRC.
He had a filter.
Snipped for focus.
You can get rhabdo from exercising too much, exactly the scenario of a thru hiker. Recently, an elite female gymnast got rhabdo from overtraining.
Thru hikers wear the same thing every day. If you take a spare outfit, then you have 2 stinky outfits about 2 hours after washing. Why bother?
His filter could have clogged.
This would make you VERY constipated. Just sayin'. You'd have to be drinking ALOT of water.
You'd generally use nylon rope that is thinner than paracord. His tent probably came with a few guys, but from the photo, he's not using any, probably because the location is sheltered.
Sawyers are super easy to backlash. And we know the water must have been good because he was full of formed feces. If he had giardiasis he would have had diarrhea.
I think the tent was fine. I use something similar, mine is a an MSR Hubba Hubba clone. Regarding the Foray, Outdoorgearlab rated it pretty well, specifically that it was well vented: Brooks Range Foray Review
Hikers have a lot of gear depending on the hike and the season. MH was a little odd in that he used winter gear in the summer.
Thanks for taking the time to explain that to me about new posters and our targetsAre you going to add to the timeline and map? Let's see if Gardener1850 is still interested in doing it first, though, since she is the timeline guru. She might have a full plate right now and will gladly hand it over to you to maintain.
If we can add the additional screenshots from the hiking site along with the two sets of hikers to verify their sightings I agree that we have added to our knowledge, if only to verify his tent was seen as early as June 1-2, 2018.
You know, there's lots of threads, some as long as #125 (the Delphi Murders 2017). And some only 3 months old that are already up to #25 (Suzanne Morphew) So knowing that, it's understandable that you're not going to get relatively new posters wading through three years worth of posts before suggesting someone who was dismissed as a suspect 2 years ago or a UID possible match. We don't want to scare new posters away when they make suggestions but we can point out that certain attributes assigned to the deceased, like NO tattoos, can easily help eliminate someone. We always have the option of scrolling by posts. Hard to do sometimes, though!
Recaps are a great thing, even if it's only to refer to a new improved timeline. Every time new and verified information is presented it could also be added to a secondary list.
There's probably lots of ruleouts that we don't know about. I believe Namus no longer lists them, although I could be wrong about that. For instance, MH's listing UP51453 lists about 22 ruleouts but they don't include Robert Wayne Roush so some people continue to submit him as a possibility, even though we have been told he has been ruled out.
Maybe something I or others if they want, can do is let a new person know that there is the post at the beginning of the thread that will give them the base information and include a link to it.
