The M Cave

And the hunt for missing Kenny Veach

The Mojave Desert, also known as The High Desert, is the hottest, driest place in North America. At nearly 48,000 square miles, it is home to a wide variety of landscapes, from picturesque vistas to barren wastelands. From high mountains to deep valleys. Places where nothing lives to sprawling communities buzzing with activity. Cities such as Las Vegas, San Bernardino and Lancaster sit at its peripheries, though the larger area of the desert itself is sparsely populated. Its rich scenery and regions such as Death Valley, which regularly records temperatures as high as 134 degrees Fahrenheit (58 degrees Celsius) are amongst the most popular tourist attractions. The desert’s mountains, endless networks of caves and its myriad of abandoned mines also pull in adventurers from all over the world, though this terrain is by no means for the inexperienced; many who go trekking across the Mojave never return alive.

But Kenny knew that wouldn’t be the case for him. He was an accomplished long distance hiker… and confident too. Sometimes he would take his girlfriend along with him, although the majority of his hikes were solo and many of them involved camping over a number of days.

His life wasn’t all hiking, it appears he spent a good amount of time on the internet and on Youtube. One account that he interacted with in…