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tylercunningham

climber

Modesto

Topic Author's Original Post - Oct 9, 2012 - 09:49am PT

Hello everybody,

Moderators, I'm not familiar with your forum so please help me out if anything moved or changed.

My name is Tyler, I'm a cousin of missing hiker Jessica Garcia. The below article pretty much says it all

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YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK -- A search team is looking for a park employee who disappeared after an orientation meeting Saturday. Jessica Rose Garcia, 23, last was seen at 11:30 a.m. walking east along Forest Drive after leaving orientation at the Wawona Hotel, where she was scheduled to begin work Sunday, according to Yosemite National Park spokeswoman Kari Cobb.
Park rangers checked Garcia's park residence when she did not come to work and found it empty, Cobb said.

Garcia last was seen dressed in her work uniform, a dark green polo shirt and dark green jacket, black slacks and black loafers.
Garcia is Latina, 5 feet 3 inches tall, weighs about 170 pounds and has shoulder length black hair and brown eyes.
Garcia is fit and hikes regularly. She is described as shy and reserved around strangers, Cobb said.
Search-and-rescue teams include six dog teams, the park helicopter, rangers on horseback and 23 rangers on foot, Cobb said. The search area includes the South Fork of the Merced River and in and around the Wawona area.
Anyone with information about Garcia's whereabouts is asked to call the Wawona Ranger Station at (209) 375-9520 or Yosemite dispatch at (209) 379-1992.

A photograph is inside the link.
http://www.modbee.com/2012/10/08/2406409/yosemite-search-team-looking-for.html

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If any of you are hiking or have been hiking in the wawona area and remember seeing her please contact us or yosemite immediately. We appreciate all the love and support.

Love,
The Garcia, Coffen, Herrera, Cunningham and Contreras families.

happiegrrrl

Trad climber

www.climbaddictdesigns.com

Oct 9, 2012 - 09:59am PT

I am sorry to know about your missing family member, and send my best wishes for her to be found very quickly, safe and sound.

John M

climber

Oct 9, 2012 - 10:05am PT

Mercy.. I hope that they find her soon. They have been looking all over Wawona yesterday and today. Search teams just went through my property. It appears that they have a lot of people on this.

eKat

Trad climber

BITD3

Oct 9, 2012 - 10:07am PT

Jessica looks like a beautiful, smart young lady, may she find her way back to you all.

BIG SKY MAGIC GOING OUT TO EVERYBODY INVOLVED!

Kath

10b4me

Ice climber

dingy room at the Happy boulders hotel

Oct 9, 2012 - 01:00pm PT

best of luck with the search

zBrown

Ice climber

chingadero de chula vista

Oct 9, 2012 - 01:14pm PT

This is what Jessica looks like for anyone around there who doesn't read the article mentioned above. Hope she makes it home soon.

survival

Big Wall climber

Terrapin Station

Oct 9, 2012 - 01:21pm PT

How do they know she was hiking if she was last seen in work clothes?

Did I miss something?

Best of luck to Jessica and the searchers!

John M

climber

Oct 9, 2012 - 01:37pm PT

I think "missing hiker" is just how they described her". She was new to Wawona and from what I understand was starting her first day of work on Sunday. I don't know if she had worked elsewhere in the park and was transferring to Wawona. They haven't said what she was up to because I don't think that they know in regards to what she was doing when she went missing. Hiking, going to town, going site seeing, whatever..

They have had a helicopter up today and yesterday. Plus dogs and people out searching around Wawona and along the river. They are putting in a fairly big effort.

It must be hard for the family. My prayers go out to the searchers and the family and to Jessica.

Radish

Trad climber

SeKi, California

Oct 9, 2012 - 01:53pm PT

Think the search has ended.........

John M

climber

Oct 9, 2012 - 01:56pm PT

Why do you say that? And what happened?

apogee

climber

Technically expert, safe belayer, can lead if easy

Oct 9, 2012 - 01:58pm PT

Updated link:
http://www.modbee.com/2012/10/08/2406409/yosemite-search-team-looking-for.html

YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK -- Update: According to KXTV in Sacramento and a Facebook page started by her family, missing Yosemite National Park employee Jessica Rose Garcia has been found alive.
According to the KXTV report, Yosemite National Park officials said rescue personnel were going to use a helicopter to airlift Garcia from the scene due to the rugged terrain in which she was found.
Yosemite officials told KXTV Garcia had sustained minor injuries, but was otherwise safe and well.

Jessica Rose Garcia, a Yosemite National Park employee, has been missing since this weekend. (Courtesy of Yosemite National Park)
Yosemite National Park news release
More on the story soon.