jreyn1944
05-11-2012, 10:53
Good day,
My name is John Reynolds. My son, Ed Reynolds, disappeared three years ago while tramping in New Zealand’s Nelson Lakes Park on the south island.
Ed thru-hiked the AT in 2006. His trail handle was Fireman. We think he got this name because, when he started his hike, he was so out of shape that he stopped in the first shelter right after lunch, and always had a fire going when the others arrived later in the day.
In 2008 he hiked the Pacific Crest Trail.
We attended the inquest into his probable death in Nelson New Zealand on the 4th of April. At the inquest, a question arose concerning the probability of a strapless watch found on the St James Walkway belonging to Ed. We know that Ed cut the straps off of his watch, as we saw him do it before he left for New Zealand, saying it was to save weight.
The New Zealand police think the watch was dropped by another tramper.
Here is a link to a news article reporting the finding of the watch: http://www.stuff.co.nz/nelson-mail/news/3109815/Watch-find-may-be-vital
I have been making inquiries of other hikers/trampers to find out if others typically remove their watch straps, to save weight, or for any other reason.
If we can't contact/locate others who have removed their watch straps, then we can make an argument to the police that the found watch without straps was probably not dropped by another tramper, since we couldn't find or contact anyone else in the tramper/hiker community who has done this, ergo it must be Ed's watch. Either he dropped it or somebody else dropped it.
Thus I pose the following questions:
1. Have any of you removed the straps from your watch?
2. Have you ever heard of anyone removing the straps from their watch to save weight, or any other reason? If so can you provide contact information for that person?
Any assistance you can provide will be much appreciated.
Kind regards, Nga mihi
My name is John Reynolds. My son, Ed Reynolds, disappeared three years ago while tramping in New Zealand’s Nelson Lakes Park on the south island.
Ed thru-hiked the AT in 2006. His trail handle was Fireman. We think he got this name because, when he started his hike, he was so out of shape that he stopped in the first shelter right after lunch, and always had a fire going when the others arrived later in the day.
In 2008 he hiked the Pacific Crest Trail.
We attended the inquest into his probable death in Nelson New Zealand on the 4th of April. At the inquest, a question arose concerning the probability of a strapless watch found on the St James Walkway belonging to Ed. We know that Ed cut the straps off of his watch, as we saw him do it before he left for New Zealand, saying it was to save weight.
The New Zealand police think the watch was dropped by another tramper.
Here is a link to a news article reporting the finding of the watch: http://www.stuff.co.nz/nelson-mail/news/3109815/Watch-find-may-be-vital
I have been making inquiries of other hikers/trampers to find out if others typically remove their watch straps, to save weight, or for any other reason.
If we can't contact/locate others who have removed their watch straps, then we can make an argument to the police that the found watch without straps was probably not dropped by another tramper, since we couldn't find or contact anyone else in the tramper/hiker community who has done this, ergo it must be Ed's watch. Either he dropped it or somebody else dropped it.
Thus I pose the following questions:
1. Have any of you removed the straps from your watch?
2. Have you ever heard of anyone removing the straps from their watch to save weight, or any other reason? If so can you provide contact information for that person?
Any assistance you can provide will be much appreciated.
Kind regards, Nga mihi