Richard G. Oldfield, 33, disappeared on October 5, 1968, while hiking alone in Kings Canyon National Park, California. He was last documented signing summit register logbooks at Kearsarge Pass and Mount Gould, and had planned a loop that would take him from Kearsarge Pass to Dragon Lake, into Gardiner Basin, then back out via Kearsarge Pass.

Searchers found a pair of distinctive Vibram shoe prints on October 10 that led from Mount Gould down to Dragon Lake, but the tracks ended there and could not be followed further. Adverse weather, including snowfall and precipitation over several days, hampered efforts and searches were suspended on October 29, 1968, with no further clues recovered.

Reported missing by his wife on October 9, 1968, Oldfield was described as about 5 feet 10 inches to 5 feet 11 inches, 160–170 pounds, with blond or strawberry-colored hair. Clothing possibly included thermal underwear, a gray and black flannel shirt, a gray nylon jacket, brown khaki pants, Vibram-soled shoes, a bright green sleeping bag, dehydrated food and possibly a butane stove. The case remains open with the National Park Service.

Does anyone have information about Oldfield’s planned route, the Dragon Lake area, or sightings from October 5–9, 1968?