If by chance you’d have passed him on that rocky incline, as he followed on the heels of his guru, you might have identified him from literature, film or a nearby backpacker teahouse as a brand, a typology: Lost White Boy in Search of Enlightenment.īy the time of Shetler’s dangerous excursion to Mantalai Lake, however, he was 35 and, though Peter Pan-ish, had already lived many lives, amassing a substantial number of social media followers as he hyped each new adventure with beautiful visuals and deftly packaged videos of his life on the road. He carried a walking stick that he’d partially fashioned into a flute, a woolen wrap and not much else, having shed most of his earthly possessions. In August 2016, an experienced American trekker named Justin Alexander Shetler ascended to a high Himalayan lake on a pilgrimage in the Parvati Valley of northern India, never to be heard from again. LOST IN THE VALLEY OF DEATH A Story of Obsession and Danger in the Himalayas By Harley Rustad
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