A worried mum from Luton is flying out to Nepal to look for her 23-year-old son who is missing.
Matthew Allpress lives in Australia and was due to return home on November 14 after a six day solo trek in the Himalayas.
He did not arrive in Sydney and has now been missing for nearly three weeks.
A social media campaign is posting Matthew’s picture and asking for help and a search party went out in Nepal yesterday morning.
Matthew’s mother, Margaret Allpress, said on Facebook: “Please help find him. We all love and miss him.”
Friend Rhett Nicholas tweeted yesterday: “Search party being deployed at first light this am (Nepal time) however we won’t hear for four days. All local guides. It is snowing #findmatt.”
He added today: “Helicopter search has been called off after no luck of finding him. Will send more ground troops tomorrow.”
Other trekkers have suggested that the unpredictable terrain in the area Matthew was last known to be could have slowed him down and caused him to miss his flight.
Use the #findmatt for updates on Twitter and to share his photo.