The initial search on the night of August 14th found nothing. The trail from Tower Junction South to Tower Fall was walked twice in the darkness, once going south, once returning, [music] and produced no sign.Browse Reference
The bassalt columns at Tower Fall were examined by Lantern. Nothing. The North Rim Trail connector east of Canyon Village was checked as far as the 3.4 [music] mile marker.
Nothing. At 217 in the morning on August 15th, the search was stood down pending daylight.
With the trail approaches cordoned and a ranger stationed at the Tower Junction trail head to intercept Daniel if he had simply been delayed and was still walking in.
He was not. He was not walking in on August 15th or on August 16th or on any of the 11 days that followed.
What unfolded over those 11 days was the most extensive ground search Yellowstone National Park had mounted since a boating accident on Yellowstone Lake in 1971.
