CO CO - David Cook, 49, Pitkin County, 19 Sept 2016

Cook was climbing by himself with a plan to climb Pyramid Peak on Monday, Sept. 19, and then climb Maroon and North Maroon Peak on Tuesday, Sept. 20.

Later that night, a caller concerned for his safety, called the Pitkin County Sheriff's Office to report him as overdue.

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http://www.thedenverchannel.com/new...efforts-3-missing-cases-stand-out-in-colorado

still missing I assume? https://www.facebook.com/finddavecook/

They are looking for a woman possibly seen with Mr. Cook on the day he went missing.

http://krqe.com/2016/10/01/family-of-missing-climber-issues-statement-after-search-called-off/

Looks like they called off the search and that was it - presumed to have fallen and died?

David is still missing. A recent body found is NOT believed to be him:

Authorities do not believe the body found is that of missing climber David Cook of Corrales, N.M., who did not return from a climbing trip in September where he intended to summit the Bells and Pyramid Peak. Cook, who was climbing alone, was reported missing after he failed to check in with family and has yet to be found. Cook was 49 years old and 5-feet, 10-inches tall.

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http://www.aspendailynews.com/section/home/175534

[h=1]Search resumes for missing New Mexico climber near Aspen[/h]

ASPEN — Volunteers haven't given up the search for a New Mexico man who failed to return from climbing mountains in the Aspen area last fall.

Members of Mountain Rescue Aspen looked for 49-year-old David Cook of Albuquerque from the air on Thursday around Maroon Bells and Pyramid Peak but didn't find any sign of him.
The Aspen Times reports it was the first in a series of aerial searches planned for the area. The next is scheduled later this month.

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http://www.coloradoan.com/story/new...sing-new-mexico-climber-near-aspen/459028001/

Search resumes: http://www.summitdaily.com/news/search-resumes-for-climber-missing-since-2016-near-maroon-bells/

Search and rescue teams spent nearly 20 hours since Saturday looking for a climber who went missing in September 2016 in the Maroon Bells area but did not find any clues.

David Cook, 49, from Corrales, New Mexico, was reported missing Sept. 20, 2016. He was climbing solo and the former Marine planned to climb Pyramid Peak one day and then South Maroon and North Maroon peaks the next day, officials said at the time. They searched for eight days.

On Wednesday, the Pitkin County Sheriff’s office said teams spent nearly nine hours Saturday and another nine hours Wednesday looking for signs of Cook. Teams also went out in July to look for Cook.

Search teams Saturday included a canine crew and they were dropped into the Fravert and Lost Remuda basins via helicopter, the Sheriff’s Office said. Crews from Garfield County and West Elk search and rescue organizations joined a team from the Search and Rescue Dogs of the United States.

Memorial service for him today. No mention of finding him. =( https://www.davecook.info/memorial-service

So incredibly sad.

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Jolene Gutierrez Krueger: Upfront: Missing hiker's family finds a way to give back to searchers

May 15—ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — When we lose someone we love, grief is a path lined with friends and family offering their hands, shoulders, ears, thoughts and prayers that often cannot reach beyond our darkness and our numbness, so, at times, it feels our journey is traveled very much alone.

Maureen Cook of Corrales has been on such a journey since September 2016 when her husband, Dave Cook, set off on what was to be a happier journey of his own high into the iconic Maroon Bells in the Elk Mountains near Aspen, Colorado, and never returned.

Five years later, her journey has brought her to a clearer, stronger place than she was when I first reached out to her for a column about Dave in 2017, a year after he went missing.

She is ready now to talk about how she plans to honor Dave's memory by thanking those who tried to bring him back home to her and those who do the same for others when the wilderness turns too wild.

May 16, 2021