Reboot and retry
The hiker is back where it started: it is at the Travellers on Holiday hotel again. I noticed that Dekromme was going to visit this cache before going on holiday to the USA, and mailed Team Aragorn to see if they could pick him up. So they did, thanks, Team Aragorn!
"DotSphinx wants to go to
America. Its owner asked us to drop it in 'Travellers on Holiday'
because a lift had already been arranged from there to Florida. We wish you a nice trip, DS!"