Piotr Drabik, a 34-year-old Polish scientist and seasoned mountaineer, disappeared after traveling from Edmonton, Alberta to Salt Lake City on September 1, 2006. Employed as a post-doctoral fellow at the National Institute for Nanotechnology, he held two doctoral degrees and three master’s degrees and was known for climbs including Mount Everest. He was last seen at Salt Lake City International Airport with a red backpack and two walking sticks, scheduled to board a Delta flight to Honolulu.

Initial checks showed no record of him boarding the connecting flight, but records later indicated he purchased a ticket from Honolulu to Kauai on September 4. He had not been in contact with family since August 31, 2006, and his credit cards have not been used since. Searches in Hawaii focused on a possible hiking accident but produced no leads. Utah police are handling the investigation and his whereabouts remain unknown.

If anyone was in Hawaii or at the airports in late August and early September 2006 and remembers seeing Drabik or his red backpack, please share what you know.