R.I.P. Clem Lindenmayer, Travel Writer
Travel Blog • Jim Benning • 07.30.07 | 1:34 PM ET
We’d been following the search for Clem Lindenmayer since early June, when news spread that the Australian travel writer disappeared while hiking near Minya Konka in western China. Now, news media are reporting that the 47-year-old died on the mountain. His body was discovered by villagers July 19, according to the Sydney Morning Herald. Few other details are available.
Lindenmayer was the author of Lonely Planet’s “Trekking in the Patagonian Andes,” published in 2003, among other titles.
The guidebook company noted the author’s death on its blog:
Clem spent much of the last two decades exploring the world’s mountainous regions and wild landscapes, from Switzerland to Tasmania and Patagonia. He felt a special affection for rugged beauty and although a real mountain man with a love of wilderness, flora, fauna and foreign languages, he came with the requisite hodge-podge of past jobs. After working as a dishwasher, telex operator, translator and assembler of exhibition stands, he eventually teamed up his passion for outdoor activities with research and writing for Lonely Planet. His experience walking and trekking saw him write and contribute to many Lonely Planet titles.
A number of people have posted their condolences there.
Related on World Hum:
* Search Continues for Lonely Planet Travel Writer
* Lonely Planet Travel Writer Missing in Tibet
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Jim Benning is the editor and co-founder of World Hum.
