People advised to avoid area of Blue Ridge Parkway as search for missing hiker continues Our hike began when a Jeep off roader came down investor trail and met with another vehicle coming towards us. Watching the two vehicles negotiating a pass on the extremely rough and rocky road was interesting. When we got to the junction I commented to the driver how that took some major cooperation to get by and then he explained that they were organizing a search and rescue crew for a man that had been reported by his wife missing the day before. I snapped a picture of the picture they showed me and we told other hikers of the missing man Chad Segar. https://wlos.com/news/local/deputies-seeking-information-on-missing-hiker Search teams from multiple Haywood County and nearby agencies spent the day in the area of Black Balsam Knob and Shining Rock Wilderness Area, according to officials. A North Carolina State Trooper helicopter was also engaged in the search.