Newport Beach Man Missing In Kings Canyon National Park For More Than A Week

CBS Los Angeles

August 30, 2022

A search is intensifying Tuesday for a Newport Beach man who became separated from his hiking group in Kings Canyon National Park.

Quang Trong Than, 66, was last seen Sunday, Aug. 21 between 3 and 4 p.m., near the peak of Split Mountain, on the Sierra Nevada Crest, near the boundary between the national park and national forest.

Than had planned to spend the day hiking to the summit of Split Mountain, and leave the same day via Inyo National Forest. Authorities say he was not carrying overnight gear.

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