by Bob Burd » Wed Oct 31, 2018 1:53 am

fedak wrote: Nothing in the Nipple Register? (i.e. if he was spotted near the road he either bypassed tagging the Nipple or didn't sign the registry?) Anyone check the Markleeville registry?

It's not clear to the searchers that arbitton saw Brad as the timing seems to be off. I believe his cell phone pinged he was at Carson Pass around 10a, well after he was reported to have been seen on the PCT. The 10a at Carson Pass makes sense as he dropped someone off at 8a back down in the Central Valley.I believe Jeff Davis and Markleville were both checked, but it seems unlikely that those would have been his targets, given where his car was located. He didn't have time for a full day and his usual MO is to work off routes and tracks others have used before, not strike off into unknown territory.