Nazareth Teacher Missing in California Mountains

An outdoor adventurer from Bethlehem has been missing for two weeks in the Sierra Nevada mountain range in California, according to published reports.

Matthew Greene, 39, is the subject of a missing person’s report issued by the Mammoth Lakes Police Department in eastern California.

Greene, who lives on the 200 block of Eighth Avenue in West Bethlehem, is a math teacher at Nazareth Area High School, according to The Express Times.

The last person known to have talked to Greene did so on July 16, according to police. At the time, he was camping at the Shady Rest Campground, while his car was being repaired at a local shop, police said.

But he has not returned to the campground or the repair shop to pick up his car since.

It is believed that he may have gotten a ride from someone to a remote area to hike or climb, police said.

Greene is “an avid hiker, rock and ice climber,” family and friends have told police. He arrived in Mammoth Lakes on June 27 to hike, camp and mountain climb in the eastern Sierra Nevada Mountains, police said.

The Mono County Search and Rescue Team has been notified, but without a last known location, it cannot initiate a search.

Police are asking anyone with information about Greene’s whereabouts to call the Mammoth Lakes Police Department at (760) 934-2011 or the Mono County Sheriff’s Office at (760) 932-6549 X7.