Lety Seibel
A quick update dearest Friends,
Troopers found NO sign on their last day of flight. Today two private planes flew tight grids over areas that called to us as not having been completely checked out. One of the pilots, an expert tracker landed by the cabin and also by the circle and explored the area on foot.

A friend in Anchorage is flying Makwa and I to Kotzebue tomorrow to get up in

the air and see and feel if we can detect Thomas via the connection that we have with him. We just found out we were traveling today, so we're scrambling to get suited-up, packed, and out of here by 6 a.m.

Makwa is taking her computer, so perhaps we'll be able to post from AK. We plan to be there until Sunday. We'll keep you posted.

Thanks always for your cherishing Presence and support,
Lety Seibel

 

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Teaching Drum Outdoor School

 

On facebook

 

2012.26.11 

Dear Friends,
Today the Alaska State Troopers will fly once more to cover the last two remaining areas that haven’t been searched. They say they were able to see into these areas form the side, yet there are some canyons in there that would require being right above them to really see into them. They are mostly doing this flight because Thomas’ family requested it and because of all of your calls.

Thank you for helping make this happen! I will try to upload a map so you can see the areas that have been searched. The areas in pink are the targeted areas for today.
We also have private flights lined up to search the complete search area again if they don’t find Thomas today. Many of you have asked how you can help with the rescue effort financially, so we have set up a relief fund account through the First National Bank of Eagle River and will post more details regarding that today.

Please continue to send energy to Thomas so that he can make himself known to the search group and so they will see him.

Heartfelt Thanks to each and every one of you for being Present with us through this experience!
Breathing in love and exhaling gratitude,

Lety

p.s. the photo uploading is not working because it is on a pdf file. I'll seek technical help when tech people are around...

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Lety Seibel

On facebook

2012.11.24

We have not given up. Although our hearts are getting heavier, and grief begins to seep in around hope, we are calling Alaskan senators and keeping the hope alive, pushing for one last search in areas we haven't covered yet, closer to the cabin that Thomas used as a base camp. We are all grateful for your continued support and your loving energy.

Posted by:

Teaching Drum Outdoor School

On facebook

2012.11.23

Dear Friends,
The search group yesterday found no sign of Thomas. They are trying to call off the search. Through studying the search map,google earth, Thomas letters and becoming Thomas Tamarack found some areas that haven’t been searched. We are requesting the troopers to fly those areas. We understand that they have already done much more than they usually do and yet we can’t leave these areas unsearched since there is still a chance that Thomas is hunkered down in there.
Please continue to send energy to Thomas so that he can make himself known to the search group. Also, if you feel called to, please contact Alaska's congressmen to support the continuation of the search. Below is some information to help with the call. Even though personal calls are the most effective way to get across, e-mail is good too and Twitter is probably most likely to get across on Thanksgiving. THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR SUPPORT and love! Breathing in Love and exhalin gratitude,

Lety Zinnia Seibel
Dear Governor/Senator, I'm contacting you on Thanksgiving because my friend Thomas Seibold is lost in the western Brooks Range north of Ambler. Friends and family have been working closely with Sgt. Stone of the Alaska State Troopers coordinating the search and rescue effort. Search and Rescue is considering calling off the search. We still have hope because Thomas is an experienced outdoorsman with years of training to survive in cold, remote environments. If anyone could survive the elements out there for this long, it's him, and with temperatures around -40 every single hour is of the essence. Please urge the Alaska State Troopers to continue to search the quadrants they haven't flown over yet. If he is injured or stranded he is counting on us.

Thank you, and I hope you have a wonderful Thanksgiving with your family.

______________
Governor Sean Parnell
Phone (907) 465-3500
http://www.facebook.com/Alaska.Governor
governor@alaska.gov
@AKGovParnell

Senator Lisa Murkowski
Main: 907-456-0233
http://www.facebook.com/SenLisaMurkowski
http://www.murkowski.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?p=EMailLisa
@LisaMurkowski

Senator Mark Begich
phone. (907) 456 - 0261
http://www.facebook.com/Begich
http://begich.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/emailsenator
@SenatorBegich
Alaska Governor Sean Parnell
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Posted By:

Alyosha Wilding

On facebook

2012.11.23

The facebook page from this here.

We are right now working with the Alaskan state troopers to make one last search in some higher elevation areas closest to the cabin he was last known to have been in. They are only just under twelve miles from the cabin, but they weren't searched thoroughly because there had been sign of him elsewhere farther out-which turned out to leave no clues. It is possible that he got stuck or hurt on his way in or out.

Our hearts go out to all of the flyers, troopers and trackers who have been a part of this effort.

Posted by:

  
Teaching Drum Outdoor School

On facebook

2012.11.22

We are very sad to report that we have not found him yet. Planes may fly again, but temperatures are now dropping to 40 below 0 at night. We will share more when we know more. Thank you all for your prayers, thoughts, intentions, and love and support. You have our deepest gratitude.

Posted by: 

Teaching Drum Outdoor School

On facebook

2012.11.22

We Need You Now:

Caring Circle,

Today is the big day in the search for Thomas--the Alaska State Troopers are putting everything they have into this one last effort to find him. If they
find no sign today, they will probably call off the s

earch. Up until now,
they have been flying a two-seater Super Cub, a slow-flying plane which did
fine in the valleys, but it had trouble negotiating the winds in the
highlands--which is where Thomas was drawn to. Today they have a Piper
Navajo, a six seater, so they can put four or five spotters up in the air.
Let's send all the energy we can to those spotters--they are our eyes, our
intent, our determination. Please take time throughout the day to support
this last great effort in whatever way works for you, whether it be
intention, meditation, prayer. as long as the air crew feels it and Thomas
is energized by it. And please contact people you know and ask them to join
with us. Thomas needs us today more than he ever has.

Tamarack

Posted by:

Teaching Drum Outdoor School

On facebook

2012.11.20 

This may be the final big push from the Alaska State Troopers in the official search for Thomas. They'll be flying the highlands today, where it seems he might have set up camp based on the letters found in the cabin. Please hold space for Thomas especially today, and contact anyone you know to pray, send positive energy, and envision that he and the plane meet. Between All Our Relations there are literally thousands of people around the world in spirit with the eyes in the sky. Our hearts overflow with gratitude for your support.

Posted by:

Alyosha Wilding

On facebook

 

2012.11.20

Dear Friends,
I’m deeply grateful for the energy that’s put out for Thomas and the support offered to all of us involved in the search. If any of you are interested in looking the area up on google maps, please use the following places as directories:
Ambler, AK
Kobuk, AK
Shungnak River, AK
Ulaneak Creek, AK
Nushralutak Creek, AK
Northwest Arctic, AK

Here is an update on the search for Thomas Seibol

d. After three days of searching one plane found a circle drawn on a gravel bar far up the Ambler River, 8 miles N of Ulaneak creek. They landed and checked out whether it could be the “O” from SOS, yet found no indication that the circle was connected to sending an alarm sign. Thomas could have made the sign for himself to mark a place where he left provisions. Because the circle has such strong meaning to Thomas we think there's a high likelihood that he etched the sign. The plane returned to the site a day later to explore the surrounding area for more clues and to take photos to send us for inspection and wider perspective. A wide area of surrounding valleys has been very carefully searched. Troopers returned to the cabin two days ago and found some unfinished personal letters and his dream journal which were scanned and e-mailed to us. In them he describes his hiking and camping higher up in the mountains exploring for a camp site. He also talked about cleaning and preparing wood at the cabin for the colder weather ahead, which intimates that he was planning to return to the cabin. Then he wrote about his plans to hike out for further exploration and that is where the letters ended. The last date on his dream journal was Oct. 7. The cabin search also revealed that Thomas does not have a gun with him. Temperatures are now 35 degrees F below zero and pilots fear the low temperatures could create equipment malfunctions and further endangering of lives. For these reasons the state is thinking of calling the search off. Tamarack is working with them hoping they will further collaborate in the search while keeping safety of pilots and trackers at the forefront.

As long as there is an inkling of a chance that Thomas is alive, we will not give up on him. We have hired a private pilot and plane to work independently or alongside the Alaska State Troopers in order to cover more ground. We would like to have planes search along some peaks, as Thomas expressed the delight he experiences at those higher altitudes in his letters.

Thank you so much for your encouragement and support. Please continue to send your good energy, lay down tobacco, and prayers for Thomas that he may persevere if he is still alive on this earth.

Love and Blessings to each and every one of you dearest friends,

Lety

Posted by:

Teaching Drum Outdoor School

On facebook

2012.11.20 

 

Friends and Family-- We are all praying for Thomas Seibold, a yearlong graduate, staff member, and loved one of the Teaching Drum community. He is missing in the Alaskan Bush, now over seven days late for his expected arrival back in town. There is an extensive SAR effort happening right now. He could be injured or lost. His last known time of being alive was October 7th. He was due out of the bush no later than November 10th. Please keep your prayers going for him.

Posted by:

Teaching Drum Outdoor School

On Facebook

2012.11.18

In the beginning of September Thomas Seibold went with a couple of friends to their remote wilderness cabin in the Brooks Range of Alaska. The friends left on September 26 and Thomas utilized their cabin as a base from which to explore and set up a primitive camp further into the bush. He was expected to be back in touch between the end of October/ beginning of November with Nov 10th being the cut

off date to catch his flight back to Wisconsin on Nov. 15. It is clear that something happened which prevented Thomas from following his plans of trekking 30 miles to the town of Kobuk, where he would take his plane back to Fairbanks and then on to Wisconsin.
From here, we are working intensively with the search parties brainstorming ideas, gleaning information from letters he wrote, poring over maps, and becoming Thomas to envision what he might have done. Over there, a ground and aerial search is underway, three days ago the SAR (search and rescue) team inspected the cabin where he stayed with his friends and found that he had taken most of his gear including at least one 22 caliber rifle and enough meat and provisions to last him a while, but found no sign to guide them to his whereabouts. Due to the severe weather conditions (-23 degrees F), the short daylight hours and remoteness of the locale, the search troop is encountering various logistical challenges and due to intense winds have not been able to get the planes to the target areas (which were identified by local friends whom he discussed his plans with) for the last two days. Snowmobiles are not able to undertake the search because there are only 3 inches of snow on the mountainous terrain. For these reasons we have no further news. Please send Thomas positive energy and strength and keep him in your thoughts and meditations.
We will post more as soon as we receive word from the SAR team.

Posted by:

Lety Seibel

On Facebook

2012.11.15
 

                                                       Here is a picture from him:

This is going to be a blog about Thomas Seibold, a guide from the Teaching Drum Outdoor School.
He went missing in Alaska, a few weeks ago.
This Blog is going to be feeded by Facebook-Posts, from People who write about the search of him,
probably by any information which I can find in the internet too.
If you've any information, questions, etc. you can contact me at:

searchthomasseibold@gmail.com

I'm thinking about putting AdSense Ads on here, and sending the money which I make off it to the Teaching Drum Outdoor School, so they can use it for the search, if the state troopers give up.
You also can write me what you think about this idea.
I hope this would help.
You want to translate this blog?
Then contact me at the e-mail I've written more up.
Please like, comment, share etc.

Thank you

The Blogger