Ronald Allen Ohm, 52, was last seen in the Mount Jefferson Wilderness in early August 2012 during a planned weekend hike to Russell Lake. An experienced hiker familiar with the area, he set out from the Breitenbush Lake campground trailhead on a Thursday with two friends and on August 9 told them he would stay behind on a ridge to take photographs. He wore a light blue long-sleeve shirt, blue jeans, a light beige hat and hiking boots, and carried a blue and red internal frame backpack, a tent, a sleeping bag and a four-day supply of daily medication.

When Ronald did not arrive at camp that evening his friends searched and then alerted authorities, triggering a six-day, multi-agency search involving over 200 people, horseback and vehicle teams, helicopters and a Cessna, and postings at trailheads and along the Pacific Crest Trail. No trace of him, his gear, clothing or remains has ever been found. The area has no cell coverage. What did anyone hiking between Russell, Scout and Bays lakes in August 2012 see that might explain his disappearance?