Nafiun Awal, 32, of Seattle was last heard from on the morning of Friday, May 5, 2023. He and climbing partner Eli Michel, 34, of Columbia City, Indiana, were attempting the West Ridge of the Moose's Tooth in Denali National Park and notified a friend by satellite device of their plan to make a single long push without overnight gear.

Rangers found the pair’s unattended tent and followed ski tracks to the route, where skis were left before switching to crampons. Boot prints led into the path of a recent small slab avalanche; none were seen leaving the slide. Aerial searches recovered scattered equipment, including a helmet and two ice axes, along the avalanche’s 3,200-foot fall line, but the climbers were not located. Hazardous terrain, avalanches, rockfall, and heavily crevassed glacier areas likely concealed any debris and limited ground access.

On May 11, National Park Service officials scaled back the active search, concluding survival was outside the window of possibility. Does anyone who knew Nafiun or saw the Moose’s Tooth area around early May 2023 have information that could help explain what happened?