My apologies for the lack of updates over the past two weeks. After my 72 hour SAR training weekend, I need a rest break after a rather strenuous summer capped off with that training event. I re-started searching at Soda Fork on 7 October, search report to follow.
While I have not heard from an official source, a person I trust let me know that the bone recovered on 6/17 was determined to be of animal origin. Disappointing is one way to describe that, but this is something I am used to in this effort.
On the good news side, that reopens the Lee / Grissom site to me, and that is where I spent yesterday. I also gave the Alternate Grissom site a light search around the edges, before determining that I will need some equipment in form of ropes, anchor points and a harness to search that slope safely. There is a video tour of the Alternate Grissom site ready to post as well.
The Search for Karen Jean Lee and Rodney L. Grissom 