Missing Tramper's Note Revealed: 'Gone for Walk'

Missing tramper's note revealed: 'Gone for walk'

On July 23, Roy Arbon was seen heading from Runanga to Mt Davy on a red bike. Photo: NZ Police/supplied At 2.39pm on July 24, roughly two hours after reported missing, Roy Arbon’s phone put him in a wide-open clearing.

The handwritten note missing tramper Roy Arbon left behind

Search teams have spent more than 750 search hours looking for the West Coast beekeeper.

Teams continue the painstaking search for Roy Arbon - Daily Telegraph NZ

At 2.39pm on 24 July, roughly two hours after he had been reported missing, Roy Arbon’s phone put him in a wide-open clearing. Just 12 minutes later, there was no sign of him, and his phone hasn’t been active since. This is the latest development in the search for the 75-year-old Rūnanga man who never returned home from a walk in the hills. Mr Arbon left on 23 July, leaving a handwritten note: Gone for walk Mt Davy to Mt Sewell Back tonight or t…