Police

On April 22, at 12:30 a.m., the Skamania County Sheriff's Office received a call of an overdue snow boarder on the south side of Mt. St. Helens.

The hiking party of three persons was separated around 7 p.m. on the summit of Mt. St. Helens.

The sheriff's office and North County EMS responded to the scene.

At 5:45 a.m. the missing subject, James W. McClendon, 28, Reno, Nev., was located in a tent on the southwest side of Climber's Bivouac.

McClendon was escorted to the base camp and reunited with his climbing party.

McClendon was an experienced outdoorsman, well equipped, and did not require any medical attention.