Body of Arum's son found
Searchers have spotted the body of the son of boxing promoter Bob Arum, five days after they began looking for him.
The body of John Arum, an experienced mountain climber, was seen from a National Park Service helicopter about
2 000 metres up the 2 625m Storm King mountain in North Cascades National Park in Washington state.
Park spokeswoman Kerry Olson said previous flights had been made in this area, but recent snow melt made it possible to locate the 49-year-old Seattle environmental attorney's body on Friday.
It wasn't possible to retrieve the body, but Olson said it was clear that Arum was dead. "There was no doubt of that," she said, adding it appeared that he had fallen.
The search began on Monday after Arum failed to return from a solo weekend trip to climb the mountain, which family members said was part of his goal of reaching the summit of the 100 highest peaks in the state.
"His plan was to climb Storm King on Saturday, so it's probably a safe assumption that he fell that day," Olson said.
Arum's larger backpack was found on Wednesday on a trail on the mountain's less arduous south side, Olson said. His small day pack was found on Thursday.
Olson said his body was found about 100m below that spot in an extremely steep area with a lot of loose rock.
National Park Service workers were trying to develop a plan to recover the body, which is in an area so difficult "that people can't rappel down or climb up to it," she said.
Earlier this week, Bob Arum left Los Angeles to join park rangers coordinating the effort. He had been on a three-city tour promoting the November 13 fight between Manny Pacquiao and Antonio Margarito at Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Texas.
His stepson, Todd duBoef, took over the tour that also stopped in New York and Dallas.