Lonely Planet Writer Missing in Tibet
Travel Blog • Jim Benning • 06.06.07 | 1:42 PM ET
According to various reports, including this post on Lonely Planet’s Thorn Tree, 47-year-old Australian travel writer Clem Lindenmayer was expected back from a six-day solo backpacking trip in eastern Tibet nearly a month ago. He was last known to be trekking near Minya Konka mountain, which one Hong Kong-based magazine editor has called a “cutting-edge destination” attracting travelers “put off by the circus revolving around places like Mount Everest.” Lindenmayer is an experienced traveler. He speaks several languages, including Mandarin. His last book for Lonely Planet was Trekking in the Patagonian Andes, published in 2003.
The hike was not related to an assignment from Lonely Planet, a company spokesman said.
Relatives are now in the region searching for him.
According to the Thorn Tree post, which has contact information for anyone who spots him, Lindenmayer is a “very fit Australian male with a ready smile. He is well built, approximately 183cm (6 feet) tall with grey/brown hair, blue eyes, and a short greying beard.”
A frequent visitor to the area told the Sydney Morning Herald that he had been robbed there and that “roaming bands of guys” pose a threat.
The editor of a Hong Kong-based magazine said the terrain is challenging, adding, “It’s an amazing-looking peak and people go to climb in the area because they are put off by the circus revolving around places like Mount Everest.”
Photo of the region by pmorgan via Flickr, (Creative Commons).
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Jim Benning is the editor and co-founder of World Hum.
