Interpol searches for missing travel writer
MELBOURNE – The family of an Australian travel writer missing for more than a month will continue looking for him in Tibet, with an international police search for the expert hiker so far proving fruitless.
Clem Lindenmayer, a 47-year-old Victorian man who has written for the travel guidebook company Lonely Planet, disappeared while hiking near Minya Konka mountain, also known as Gongga Shan.
A post on Lonely Planet’s Thorn Tree forum, attributed to a family member, said Lindenmayer was believed missing in the area of Kangding, a city in the Sichuan province in south-west China.
Lindenmayer’s father, Graeme, who lives in Melbourne, said Victorian police were liaising with international police agency Interpol to investigate his son’s disappearance.
Family members were searching for Lindenmayer in Tibet but they were currently “incommunicado”, his father said.
The Thorn Tree post, by ‘Heather’, described Lindenmayer as a “very fit Australian male with a ready smile”.
“He is well built, approximately 183cm (6 feet) tall with grey/brown hair, blue eyes, and a short greying beard.
“He speaks Mandarin, German, Spanish and English.
“Clem is a seasoned traveller with many years trekking experience.
“His last email was sent from Kangding and his intention at that stage was to do a six-day circuit around Mount Gongga.
“If he completed this circuit we would have expected him to be back in contact on or about 10 May.”
A Lonely Planet spokeswoman told Melbourne Age newspaper that Lindenmayer was not on assignment when he went missing, however its staff were aware of the situation and were in touch with his family.
She said he had written for the travel publisher for more than a decade and his last book for the company was Lonely Planet Trekking in the Patagonian Andes, published in 2003.
He had also written Lonely Planet Walking in Switzerland and contributed to various country guides.
Lindenmayer’s wife lives in Switzerland, where the Lonely Planet website says he has made his home “on and off” for almost 20 years.
Ian Jarrett
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