[caption id="attachment_54424" align="alignright" width="773"]<img class="wp-image-54424 size-large" src="https://theenterprise.net/wp-content/uploads/sites/23/2021/07/Body-1-773x1024.jpg" alt="" width="773" height="1024" /> Patrick County Sheriff’s Capt. Rob Coleman and Deputy Noah Wolfe scaled a peak overlooking the Dan River Gorge last week during the search for Bruce Rubin, a guest at Primland Resort. His body was located Monday.[/caption] <span style="font-weight: 400">By Debbie Hall </span> <span style="font-weight: 400">The body of a jogger missing for 10 days from Primland Resort in Vesta was located shortly after noon on Monday, according to Patrick County Sheriff Dan Smith. </span> <span style="font-weight: 400">Sheriff's deputies and Primland employees located the body of Bruce Rubin, 61, off a bluff, or cliff, in the Roaring Creek Gorge, Smith said. He added the location where Rubin was found was not near a marked trail. </span> <span style="font-weight: 400">Deputies, search and rescue personnel, and rappel teams with the Virginia Department of Emergency Management (VDEM) recovered the body from the gorge by 8 p.m., Smith said.</span> <span style="font-weight: 400">The body was transported to the medical examiner's office in Roanoke, he added.</span> <span style="font-weight: 400">Rubin was reported missing when he did not return after going jogging on the resort’s property at 11 a.m. on July 2. </span> <span style="font-weight: 400">The search that spanned several days attracted up to 150 people at its high point during the July 4 holiday weekend, Smith has said. The number of those searching diminished after “we covered everything” that was navigable on foot.</span> <span style="font-weight: 400">Specialized rope teams then were called in “because of the rugged terrain and elevation changes,” and to rappel cliffs that were unnavigable any other way, Smith has said. “This terrain is extremely dangerous.” </span> <span style="font-weight: 400">He estimated that 20 people were involved in the recent search efforts, plus additional manpower from the dog handlers and members of specialized teams. </span> <span style="font-weight: 400">“We have used every tool available to us” throughout the search, Smith said, adding that has included “multiple dog teams – search and rescue dog teams from throughout the region in both Virginia and North Carolina.” </span> <span style="font-weight: 400">In addition to the K-9 teams, the effort also has included helicopters and equipment like infrared cameras and drones the sheriff added.</span> [caption id="attachment_54328" align="alignright" width="183"]<img class="size-medium wp-image-54328" src="https://theenterprise.net/wp-content/uploads/sites/23/2021/07/Search2-183x300.png" alt="" width="183" height="300" /> Bruce Rubin[/caption] <span style="font-weight: 400">The infrared cameras, which are designed to detect various types of heat, and drones could not be fully utilized due to the thick foliage and a “heavy tree canopy,” Smith has said.</span> <span style="font-weight: 400">The search also was expanded to various adjacent properties, Smith said. For instance, 3,600-acres of Northbrook Energy LLC property (formerly owned by the City of Danville), the Pinnacles of Dan Aqueduct and the Dan River Gorge, which is sometimes referred to as the Grand Canyon of the East, also were searched.</span> <span style="font-weight: 400">Smith said he learned that Rubin was an “avid trail runner and was training for a marathon” - the Grand Canyon rim-to-rim-to-rim. The event is described as 48.7 miles long, with more than 10,500-feet of elevation gain accumulated over two climbs, according to online information.</span> <span style="font-weight: 400">In addition to his office, Primland Resort employees, and the Virginia Department of Emergency Management, Smith said other agencies involved in the search included the Virginia State Police, Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources, Patrick County Department of Emergency Management, Patrick County Patriots, multiple volunteer fire and rescue agencies in Patrick County, Carroll County Sheriff’s Office, and multiple search/rescue teams in Virginia and North Carolina. </span>
