On vanishing in the age of surveillance
Contemplating the mystery of those who have gone missing and remembering a lost friend
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At about 6:30 p.m. on Saturday, June 24, Ian O’Brien texted his partner Beth Henshaw, letting her know he had summited Dibe Nitsaa — or Hesperus Mountain — in the La Plata Mountains of southwestern Colorado. He then began the several-mi…
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