Photo: Davey G. Johnson/Instagram
David Johnson, 44, was taking a spin on a Honda CB1000R forMotorcyclistmagazine when he disappeared,according to NBC affiliate KCRA. He had spent the weekend riding around with his girlfriend before driving to Las Vegas and then through the pass Tuesday night, KCRA reported.
Johnson’s girlfriend, Jaclyn Trop, told KCRA that she last heard from him around 2 a.m. on Wednesday, when he sent her a text message to let her know he was okay.
“I had a great time before it got dark,” Johnson reportedly wrote. “That part of the Sierra is just stupidly spectacular. Anyway, I’m so sorry I worried you. Yes, I am okay and alive, but I am WIPED.”
Davey G. Johnson.Davey G. Johnson/Facebook
He was last heard from around 8:30 a.m. that day, when he texted a friend to say he was headed home, according toCar and Driver. Johnson was reported missing in Sacramento County on Wednesday,CNN reported, and Calaveras County two days later, according to theCalaveras County Sheriff’s Office.
CBS Newsnotes that the Sonora Pass is the “second-tallest highway pass in the Sierra Nevada,” popular for “winding, steep and sometimes icy roads, even in June.”
“I just really hope he’s alive, because thinking about the alternative yesterday was … I don’t even have words for it,” Trop said, according toUSA Today. “I was completely gutted, and I would still feel that way if they hadn’t found the bike.”
AGoFundMe pagehas been set up to help fund the search efforts. As of Tuesday morning, 237 people had donated more than $16,500.
Johnson’s friends are looking for him and authorities have deployed boats, a helicopter and dozens of searchers to find the man,CBS News reported.
Meanwhile, Trop said she is not giving up hope, but admits the ordeal is taking a toll on her.
“We always talked about having 40 years together,” she told CBS News, “and we had a four-year timeline and to have that cut short … is horrible.”
source: people.com
