Friends who have shown up to search for missing runner Ian O’Brien in the La Plata Mountains from left, Ashley Higgs, Natasha Riccio, Mags Frantz, Justine Kennedy and Travis Soares look at maps on their phones during the morning briefing on Thursday before leaving camp to search the area mountains northeast of Mancos. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
A computer screen shows where search routes have been for missing runner Ian O’Brien on Thursday northeast of Mancos in the La Plata Mountains. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
A flyer for missing runner Ian O’Brien on a rock next to the road Thursday northeast of Mancos in the La Plata Mountains. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
The search camp for missing runner Ian O’Brien on Thursday is located in Lucy Halls Park northeast of Mancos in the La Plata Mountains. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Travis Soares discusses the search during the morning briefing on Thursday before leaving camp to search for missing runner Ian O’Brien in the La Plata Mountains northeast of Mancos. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
The search camp for missing runner Ian O’Brien on Thursday is located in Lucy Halls Park northeast of Mancos in the La Plata Mountains. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Search teams are made and given search areas on Thursday during the morning briefing before leaving camp to search the La Plata Mountains northeast of Mancos for missing runner Ian O’Brien. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Char Ney, left, and Mags Frantz, during the morning briefing on Thursday before leaving camp to search for missing runner Ian O’Brien in the La Plata Mountains northeast of Mancos. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Hesperus Mountain sits behind the search camp for missing runner Ian O’Brien on Thursday northeast of Mancos in the La Plata Mountains. O’Brien, an ultra runner, disappeared in the vicinity of the mountain on June 24. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Mike Higgs, left, Ashley Higgs, center, and Beth Henshaw discuss the search for missing runner Ian O’Brien on Thursday during the morning briefing northeast of Mancos in the La Plata Mountains. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
A search team leaves camp on Thursday as they begin their day looking for missing runner Ian O’Brien northeast of Mancos in the La Plata Mountains. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
James Holderer, at the computer, and others look over a map on Thursday as they discuss the day’s search areas for missing runner Ian O’Brien in the La Plata Mountains northeast of Mancos. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
The search camp for missing runner Ian O’Brien on Thursday is located in Lucy Halls Park northeast of Mancos in the La Plata Mountains. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Hesperus Mountain sits behind the search camp for missing runner Ian O’Brien on Thursday northeast of Mancos in the La Plata Mountains. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Ethan Atkins addresses the morning briefing before leaving camp on Thursday to search the La Plata Mountains northeast of Mancos for missing runner Ian O’Brien. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Several friends of missing runner Ian O’Brien climb out of their vehicles on Thursday morning after they stopped what they were doing and drove to help with the search for him in the La Plata Mountains northeast of Mancos. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
A flyer for missing runner Ian OBrien on a rock Thursday northeast of Mancos in the La Plata Mountains. (Jerry McBride/Durango Herald)
