the marijuana was for sdrifkz in arkansas and texas -- distribution in arkansas and texas. grown here under the cover of colorado's laws. all the locations were tied to this one organization made up of people from laos. their status in this country has not been released. this information comes after several chinese workers were taken into custody recently in western colorado at an illegal outdoor marijuana grow. investigators are trying to determine if they were being put marine turned entrepreneur david cook came in from albuquerque to go for a hike near aspen. he wanted to summit some tough 14ers in the wilderness area. and pyramid peak right here. matt kroschel is live in aspen with the latest on the search efforts. >> reporter: a lot of frustration here today, we're at the base of the mountain, the command po crews coming off the mountain with slumths no clue what happened -- absolutely no clue what happened to this man. there were 47 people up there searching today, two helicopter, four dog crews, horse crews and people on foot. >> it's rugged, steep. >> reporter: one