Family and friends have not heard from 30-year-old Jordan Yap since September 14 as he prepared to tackle a solo 10-day trek along the remote Cordillera Huayhuash circuit in Peru.
Nguyen said he knows Yap made it to the start of the trek because he was filmed there in a video with other travellers.
The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade is providing consular help to the family.
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The anxious loved ones of an Australian hiker missing in South America have hired a private rescue team in their quest to find him.
Family and friends have not heard from 30-year-old Jordan Yap since September 14 as he prepared to tackle a solo 10-day trek along the remote Cordillera Huayhuash circuit in Peru.
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His best friend Kevin Nguyen said Yap had been planning the trip for almost a year, was experienced, and to not hear him was “just so out of character”.
Nguyen said he knows Yap made it to the start of the trek because he was filmed there in a video with other travellers.
Friends have been trawling Facebook for more clues about where he might be, while other hikers have been scouring the trail for signs of him.
The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade is providing consular help to the family.
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