Art Lang

I'm asking you as a reporter and an aggressive researcher in this field, is it more common for people to be not found or people to be found in an environment like the high Uintas?

I'm asking you as a reporter and an aggressive researcher in this field, is it more common for people to be not found or people to be found in an environment like the high Uintas?

Dan McCool was having some trouble. He was off the couch and out of shape. As usual, he got in shape on the trip. But this was early in the trip, so he wasn't in shape yet.

Dan McCool was having some trouble. He was off the couch and out of shape. As usual, he got in shape on the trip. But this was early in the trip, so he wasn't in shape yet.

King's Peak is a lightning rod, both literally and figuratively, in that it's always hit by lightning, but it's also attracting people from all over the world, and especially Boy Scouts, to go climb it.

King's Peak is a lightning rod, both literally and figuratively, in that it's always hit by lightning, but it's also attracting people from all over the world, and especially Boy Scouts, to go climb it.

It was pretty continuous and frequent. They were buzzing around all over the place.

It was pretty continuous and frequent. They were buzzing around all over the place.

So in my years of experiences, as we came up Painter Basin approaching Kings Peak, it has been unusual to see or hear a helicopter.

So in my years of experiences, as we came up Painter Basin approaching Kings Peak, it has been unusual to see or hear a helicopter.

And then as we got closer to Kings Peak, we either saw a flyer on a post or we talked to a person that talked about Eric. That's the first we heard of it. Art took a close look at the flyer. I thought, wow, if we're walking the same thing, I guess we're going to be looking for him the next four or five, six days.

And then as we got closer to Kings Peak, we either saw a flyer on a post or we talked to a person that talked about Eric. That's the first we heard of it. Art took a close look at the flyer. I thought, wow, if we're walking the same thing, I guess we're going to be looking for him the next four or five, six days.

That is one of the prettiest places in the whole mountain range and I've gone back there over and over again because it's open and beautiful and it's dotted with these big boulders all over the place.

That is one of the prettiest places in the whole mountain range and I've gone back there over and over again because it's open and beautiful and it's dotted with these big boulders all over the place.

He may have just been wandering around looking for wildflowers or just enjoying the solitude.

He may have just been wandering around looking for wildflowers or just enjoying the solitude.

The trail there's through a big tailless slope and it's a descending, pretty good path.

The trail there's through a big tailless slope and it's a descending, pretty good path.

Looked like they would be too steep for us to comfortably cross.

Looked like they would be too steep for us to comfortably cross.