(MT) – Daniel Call, 25, of Vancouver is the latest climber to be rescued from
Mount Hood.

At 5 p.m., July 7, Call arrived at Timberline Lodge in the able hands of the
American Medical Response’s Reach And Treat Team and Portland Mountain
Rescue volunteers.

Call was transported to hospital reportedly in good condition with what was
thought to be a broken leg.

At around 7 a.m., the Vancouver climber fell at least 200 feet while scaling
Hood. Rescuers had Call at Timberline Lodge by 5 p.m., according to
Clackamas County Sheriff’s Office spokesman Jim Strovink.

In the early morning hours of July 7, Clackamas County dispatchers received
a cell-phone call from a climber reporting that a fellow climber had fallen, was

conscious and breathing, but might have suffered a broken leg as a result of
the fall. He was reported to be in the Hogsback area of Mount Hood – a
popular climbing route on the south side of the mountain – between 9,000
and 10,000 feet elevation. Additional climbers came to the aid of Call and
were in constant communication with search and rescue coordinators.

RAT and PMR members were dispatched and climbed to the accident scene
and moved Call from Hogsback to the Palmer Glacier where he was
transported by snow-cat down to the lodge.

Specialists from Mountain Wave Emergency Communications were also on the
scene.

Missing Camper
A Portland resident has gone missing in the Roaring River Wilderness of the
Mount Hood National Forest.

On July 29, the Clackamas County Sheriff’s Search and Rescue teams were in
their fifth consecutive day of searching for missing hiker-camper, Robert
Bissell, 57.

According to the sheriff’s office, Bissell went camping and hiking alone in the
remote wilderness area of the Rock Lakes basin July 12. When he did not
return home his family reported him missing July 24.

His brother, Michael Bissell, went to check on him July 19, but the missing
hiker was not at his campsite. The brother left a note on Bissell’s vehicle
requesting him to contact the family. Michael Bissell returned to the campsite
July 24, but nothing had changed at the site, according to CCSO.

The search has been expanded and additional resources arrived July 28,
including ground searchers, canine search units and a helicopter.

The Oregon National Guard’s Charlie Company, 7-158 Aviation has committed
a UH-60L Blackhawk helicopter and crew to fly the area.

Canine search teams have been provided by NORSAR, the Yamhill County
Sheriff and the Clark Regional Emergency Services Agency from Washington.
Ground search teams have expanded to include the Air Force Reserve 304th
Rescue Squadron based out of Portland, Pacific Northwest Search and Rescue
and CREESA.

Communications, medical support and logistical support were being provided
by Mountain Wave Search and Rescue, AMR Reach and Treat team, the
American Red Cross and Portland General Electric.

As of July 28, there were more than 50 volunteers in the field actively
searching for Bissell. The search expanded to include more lakes, trails and
wilderness surrounding the last known location of the missing camper.
The active search includes the area of Roaring River, Rock lakes, Serene Lake
and Shining Lake.

He has been missing for two weeks in a rugged and remote wilderness area
covering approximately 100 square miles.

The sheriff’s office asks anyone who was hiking near the Rock Lakes basin in
the Mount Hood National Forest from July 12 to July 24, and had personal
contact with Bissell, to please contact the Clackamas County Sheriff Tip Line
at 503-723-4949.