Search for Tacoma hiker continues in Green Mountain area
Jul 8, 2012, 12:21 PM | Updated: 1:45 pm
The search continues today for John Wright, the missing hiker in the remote Green Mountain area of the Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest.
Wright, a 50-year-old from University Place, near Tacoma, was supposed to pick up his daughter from day camp at 6:30pm on Friday after hiking, but he never made it there.
Shortly afterward, his wife reported him missing to the police.
“He would not have gone on any kind of a long hike that would keep him from getting to pick up my daughter in time,” Virginia Wright told KING-5 news in an interview Saturday.
According to his family, John Wright was an avid and experienced hiker. They think he must be injured.
“I really had hoped that if he was turned around he would have hiked out by now because that’s a lot of time and he’s a pretty fast hiker. So I’m a little more concerned that maybe he’s injured,” said Virginia.
King County Search and Rescue workers found Wright’s car Saturday afternoon at a trail head along the Snoqualmie River Middle Fork Trailhead off Exit 34 along the I-90 freeway.
Dogs were also used to try trace Wright’s scent along the trails.
The search for John Wright will continue through the evening.
“I’m getting calls pretty much every 30 minutes with updates,” said Wright’s wife, Virginia. “That’s helped keep my mind off of it. Keeping my daughter busy, entertaining her, talking to her, just walking around the house doing little projects just trying to keep busy.”
