The family of a Minneapolis man who was set to begin trekking in the Annapurna region of the Himalayas in Nepal said Sunday that he has been found safe.

On Sunday, Julie Rhein said in a Facebook post that her parents have been in contact with David Rhein, 28, and that he was at a guest house with food and water but no electricity. The path he was planning to trek has been closed.

In the post, Julie Rhein said that David was going to start walking south toward Pokhara soon.

Before Sunday, David Rhein was last known to be in the Nepalese city of Pokhara, where he was going to take a jeep into the mountains to start trekking what is known as the Annapurna circuit.

Rhein had told his family that he would likely be out of cellphone range during that portion of his travels in Southeast Asia, but since Saturday's earthquake his sister Julie Rhein said his family has been trying to make contact with him. Unable to get through to his cellphone, Julie Rhein said she has been using Facebook to reach out to new friends of his in the area.

"We keep reminding ourselves that no news is no news," Julie Rhein said. "We're hoping that he's just in a place where he can't find a way to let us know … We're just trying to be patient."

David Rhein, a graduate of Hopkins High School, most recently worked in finance for Target. After traveling for more than a year, he is scheduled to return to the United States next month to begin graduate school.

Pam Louwagie