BRIDGEPORT – The hunt for multimillionaire adventurer Steve Fossett, who went missing in September after taking off by plane from a remote Nevada ranch, resumes today as a team of elite athletes and expert mountaineers starts hiking through rugged mountains on the California-Nevada border where he may have crashed.
The 10-member team is headed by Simon Donato, 31, a Canadian geologist whose avocation is adventure racing through wilderness areas around the world.
Donato said team members, who are paying for their own expenses, will continue their efforts through Friday, staying in touch with Nevada authorities investigating Fossett's disappearance.
Efforts by local, state and federal agencies to find Fossett were suspended last year. Fossett, 63, was declared legally dead Feb. 15 by an Illinois judge.
Fossett's widow, Peggy, has issued a statement saying she is not involved in the latest search activity and has “no further plans for additional searching.”
