Police today sought the public’s help in locating a 25-year-old UCLA student who went missing earlier this month after texting his roommate that he was going on a trip to the eastern Sierra Nevada area.
Michael David Meyers, an experienced hiker and climber who has gone on multi-day excursions alone, sent a text to his roommate on Nov. 5 indicating he was going to Mount Russell in Inyo National Forest, according to the Los Angeles Police Department.
Meyers bought water and fuel at a gas station on the way to his destination, according to ATM records.
Mount Russell, with an elevation of 14,094 feet, is located northwest of Lone Pine and 14,494-foot Mount Whitney, the highest peak in the lower 48 U.S. states.
Meyers was driving a gray 2002 Dodge SUV with the license plate 7DIB540, according to police, who described him as white, 5 feet 10 inches tall and about 150 pounds, with brown hair and blue eyes.
Anyone with information regarding his whereabouts was urged to call the LAPD’s Missing Persons Unit at (213) 996-1800.
