Climbing Team to Search for American Poet Missing in Japan
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}May 8: This photo released by Ausable Press shows Craig Arnold, 41. Arnold, an assistant professor of English at the University of Wyoming, was a published poet with two books. The search for an acclaimed poet who went missing on a small Japanese island more than 10 days ago ended on Friday, an Amer (AP)
A team of climbers has been enlisted to search for a renowned poet who's been missing on a Japanese island.
Craig Arnold disappeared while hiking on the southern Japanese island of Kuchinoerabu-jima April 26. The 41-year-old has been working on a book about volcanoes and was exploring a volcanic mountain on the island.
An American tracking team picked up Arnold's trail last week and determined that he went over a steep precipice. The team returned to the United States, but their efforts reduced the search area.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Now, Arnold's sister-in-law, Augusta Palmer, says a team from a Japanese climbing group called Canyons will descend the steep, vegetation-covered slope where Arnold was tracked.
She says the climbers have committed to search for two days, starting Thursday morning in Japan.