Sheriff instructs the searchers
Date: 08/12/2008
Washington County (Oregon) Sheriff Tygh Thompson instructs the search parties on the characteristics of the mission. Among other things, he provides information on the missing person, the search area and various search grids.
Photo © Matthew Weaver (PMR)
Photo © Matthew Weaver (PMR)
Evaluating the search grid
Date: 08/12/2008
In a forest clearing by a stream, the PMR searchers evaluate the mission to that point and discuss how to attack the next part of the search grid.
(Clockwise from bottom left: Marty Johnson, Mike Ochsner, Hugh O'Reilly, Janos Bodnar and Reuben Dohrendorf)
Photo © Matthew Weaver (PMR)
(Clockwise from bottom left: Marty Johnson, Mike Ochsner, Hugh O'Reilly, Janos Bodnar and Reuben Dohrendorf)
Photo © Matthew Weaver (PMR)
The thick Coast Range terrain
Date: 08/12/2008
The thick and varied terrain of the Coast Range mountains near Glenwood, Oregon provided a challenging and tiring environment for the PMR search team. Thick forest, clear cuts, steep stream valleys and swamps made the grid searches difficult. In this photo, PMR President Mike Ochsner emerges from the brush-clogged clear cut.
Photo © Matthew Weaver (PMR)
Photo © Matthew Weaver (PMR)
PMR searcher in a forest clear cut
Date: 08/12/2008
Some search areas, such as clear cut forest, can be quite difficult to cover. In this photo, PMR searcher Janos Bodnar battles the thick brush and young pine trees to reach the end of the search grid.
Photo © Matthew Weaver (PMR)
Photo © Matthew Weaver (PMR)
PMR searchers plan the next grid
Date: 08/12/2008
In a forest clearing by a stream, the PMR searchers evaluate the mission to that point and discuss how to attack the next part of the search grid.
(Clockwise from bottom left: Marty Johnson, Mike Ochsner, Hugh O'Reilly, Janos Bodnar and Reuben Dohrendorf)
Photo © Matthew Weaver (PMR)
(Clockwise from bottom left: Marty Johnson, Mike Ochsner, Hugh O'Reilly, Janos Bodnar and Reuben Dohrendorf)
Photo © Matthew Weaver (PMR)
Crossing a stream in the forest
Date: 08/12/2008
The final search grid of the day provided a flatter, but equally as challenging terrain, with swamps and streams blocking access. Here, PMR searchers Reuben Dohrendorf (background) and Dawn Wilson use a fallen log to cross a wide stream.
Photo © Matthew Weaver (PMR)
Photo © Matthew Weaver (PMR)