Missing CO native In Japan

[griddles]

Hi,

A friend of a friend's brother, who is a Colorado native, is missing in the back country of Japan. In Japan the lost party, or someone else must pay for any rescue attempts. He has been missing for a couple days, his wife is in the military stationed there. Any donations are welcome. Thank you.

https://www.stripes.com/news/okinawa-ba ... s-1.455033

https://www.gofundme.com/bring-mat-home

(PS we can discuss who should pay for rescue efforts in a different thread.)

[r_grizz]

Hey everybody, a friend of mine is sharing a GoFundMe link on Facebook to help the cause. Please consider donating if you're able to.
https://www.gofundme.com/bring-mat-home

[r_grizz]

Oh, dang, didn't realize the link was already posted! Redundancy can't hurt I guess!

[r_grizz]

BUMP! Please consider supporting this cause for a fellow Colorado backcountry enthusiast and his family!

[JChitwood]

Best of luck finding this fellow. Reading the Stars and Strips article I learned some things about Japan. I knew it had ski areas but did not know about the Japanese Alps. And I was a bit surprised it had back country in which you could go missing. With 130 million people in an area slightly larger than New Mexico I figured the entire country was pavement and buildings.

[griddles]

Sad update. It appears that Mat was caught in an avalanche. Thanks to any and everyone who donated to the search efforts.