Found Deceased OR - Gerren Kirk, 31, Milwaukie, 3 December 2014

Clackamas County sheriff's deputies are trying to determine the hiking route of a Milwaukie man believed to be missing on Mount Hood. "If we don't have a place to start, we can't search all of Mount Hood," Sgt. Nate Thompson, an agency spokesman, said Monday. "We just don't have the resources for that." Gerren Kirk, 31, left home Wednesday with plans to camp on Mount Hood and return Saturday, but he didn't give details, his sister Whitney Altman said.
The family requests help from the public in finding his car so a search and rescue operation can get started.

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The Wasco County Sheriff's Office is "ramping up" a search for a missing Milwaukie man whose car was found near a campground south of Mount Hood on Monday.

Sgt. Scott Williams of the sheriff's office said Gerren Kirk's gold Pontiac Grand Am was found in the parking lot at Frog Lake Campground off U.S. 26 in the Mount Hood National Forest.

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Family members said they were unsure whether Kirk had enough food and supplies with him to stay in the woods so long. He had a cell phone with him, but calls are going straight to voice mail.

Weather conditions have been rainy on the mountain, with temperatures staying just above freezing overnight. Snow is in the forecast for Thursday.

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The search for a man believed to be missing on Mount Hood has been suspended...

Searchers from 20 agencies canvassed the area from Dec. 8 through Dec. 14, with no conclusive evidence regarding Kirk's whereabouts. The exhaustive search operation was suspended on Sunday.

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Although WCSO suspended the official search for Kirk Dec. 15, family members still hold out hope that he could be found alive.
Kirk’s grandfather Verne Duncan, a Milwaukie resident and former state superintendent, has taken heart that volunteers are still searching. A receipt for thermal underwear was found in Kirk’s car, so Kirk may have found a way to stay warm, Duncan said.
“The whole drone community is headed up there, and we don’t know if they’ll turn up anything, but we really appreciate the support,” Duncan said.

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Searchers – and those supporting the searchers -- included Pacific Northwest Search and Rescue, North Oregon Regional Search and Rescue, Mountain Wave Emergency Communications, Clackamas County Sheriff's Search and Rescue, Multnomah County Search and Rescue, Klickitat County Sheriff's Office, Lake County Search and Rescue, Wallowa County Sheriff's Search and Rescue, Clatsop County Sheriff's Office, Salvation Army, Trauma Intervention Program, businesses in Government Camp, Zigzag, Welches and Sandy, Bud's Towing of Oregon City, Milwaukie Presbyterian Church and individuals who volunteered use of their motorhome and travel trailer.

"It was a very sophisticated search," Duncan said. "We are very thankful for the commitment, support and hard work by everyone."

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Lil Quirky said:

I wonder if this could be him?
The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)

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cheemsg said:

Was that him? That NamUs page was removed too.

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