Jesse Clint Galganov was 22 when he left Montreal for an eight-month backpacking trip and arrived in Lima, Peru, on September 24, 2017. He took an overnight bus to Huaraz on September 27 and told his mother on September 28 that he was about to start a four-day trek on the Santa Cruz trail and expected to be out of contact until early October. That message was the last time his family heard from him.

Jesse camped with two French hikers on the evening of September 30; they said he had a headache and diarrhea, possible signs of altitude sickness, but seemed in good spirits the next morning. He was last seen on October 1 at about 3:30 PM when a group of Czech hikers saw him near Punta Union Pass asking for water. His return bus ticket for October 2 and a flight to Bolivia on October 5 were never used. His parents travelled to Peru, hired private search teams, used drones, offered a reward and spent months searching, but no trace of Jesse or his belongings has been found. His mother now believes he may have succumbed to high-altitude effects on the trail.

Does anyone who was on the Santa Cruz trail around late September or early October 2017 remember seeing Jesse or a lone hiker in need of help?