[tlug] RMS Missing ?

["Keith Bawden" <keith@example.com>]

Hello Everyone,

Sorry for teh cross post. This just popped up on the TLUG.au mailing list:

"Here is the wallop from freenode:

 Hi all. As you will surely have heard, there was a major earthquake in
Peru. It seems Richard 'RMS' Stallmann was travelling from Lima to
Chimbote with Mario Ramos on August 15th and no one has heard from him
since. If you have any information, please email rms-assist@example.com or
poke us in #freenode. Also, if you happen to live in South or Central
America, please consider donating blood as that is the only thing that
can not easily be transported from outside."

Anyone know if this is a hoax?

Looking over the fsf and gnu pages there is nothing about this so...

Regards, Keith