I’m Andrea Lankford, a former park ranger who became obsessed with finding three hikers missing from the Pacific Crest Trail. I wrote a book called TRAIL OF THE LOST about my experience working with a group of amateur sleuths. AMA.


I’m Andrea Lankford, a former park ranger who became obsessed with finding three hikers missing from the Pacific Crest Trail. I wrote a book called TRAIL OF THE LOST about my experience working with a group of amateur sleuths. AMA.

As a law enforcement park ranger, I have led search and rescue missions in some of the most beautiful (and dangerous) landscapes across America, from Yosemite to the Grand Canyon. I know what really happens behind the scenery. So, I’m not shocked that hikers go missing every year. But when I learned that three healthy young men had vanished from the Pacific Crest Trail and no one could find them, I couldn't let it go.

Although I first surmised Chris Sylvia, Kris Fowler, and David O’Sullivan must have joined the long list of nature’s casualties, the fact that their bodies have not been recovered is disturbing. After all, Mother Nature is not the only killer lurking along our trails. In addition to the lions, snakes, and bears inhabiting the PCT, there are liars, con artists, and thieves. The trail made famous by Cheryl Strayed’s memoir, Wild, has also been the stomping ground of at least one kidnapper, a rapist or two, dozens of ill-tempered cannabis farmers, some homicidal maniacs, and a cult.

What happened to the PCT Missing? Where ARE they? And why can’t anyone find their bodies?

UPDATE: I'll be away from my computer, but I believe these questions, especially the hiker safety related ones, are important for us to discuss. So I will check back off and on to answer anything y'all post. Thank you everyone!

You can read more about my mission to find the PCT missing in my forthcoming book https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/andrea-lankford/trail-of-the-lost/9780306831959/?lens=hachette-books (on sale 8/22).

Ask or tell me anything.

For more information on the PCT missing:
Fowler-O’Sullivan Foundation: https://fofound.org/
Missing from the Pacific Crest Trail: https://www.facebook.com/pctmissing.org/

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I will be answering at 3pm ET!

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