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Kenneth Budlong










Missing Person Case September 2021


Budlong, approximately 1995




Date reported missing : 09/24/1995

Missing location (approx) :
Clackamas County, Oregon
Missing classification : Lost/Injured Missing
Gender : Male
Ethnicity :
White


DOB : 03/03/1950 (71)
Age at the time of disappearance: 45 years old
Height / Weight : 5'8, 165 pounds
Description, clothing, jewerly and more : Hot pink pants.
Distinguishing characteristics, birthmarks, tattoos : Caucasian male. Dark brown hair, brown/hazel eyes. Budlong has a mustache and wears eyeglasses. His nickname is Ken.





Information on the case from local sources, may or may not be correct : Budlong was last seen on September 24, 1995. He went on a solo climb up Mount Hood, a 11,235-foot peak in Mount Hood National Forest. He was climbing Cathedral Ridge on the left side of the mountain, a route he'd never taken before. When he didn't call home the next afternoon, his family became concerned.
A search was launched on September 26, and search teams found Budlong's tent near the McNeil Point shelter, at the 7,000-foot level. Inside was a backpack, a sleeping bag, a climbing book and a Bible. There was no sign of Budlong, however. He has never been heard from again. The search efforts were hampered by freezing rain and high winds.
Budlong is a very experienced climber; he'd climbed Mount Hood 22 times before, and other mountains as well, and he'd survived an avalanche a few years before his disappearance. He was well-equipped with food and survival gear when he went missing, including a space blanket, warm clothing, crampons and an ice ax. He didn't have his helmet, however.
Authorities believe Budlong suffered an accident on the mountain, possibly on the Reid Glacier, but his body has never been recovered. He was employed as a global inventory manAge at the time of disappearance: r for Nike at the time of his disappearance.


Other information and links : ncy

Clackamas County Sheriff's Office
503-655-8218
Hood River Sheriff's Office
541-386-2098



September 2021 updates and sources

The Doe Network
The Oregonian
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October 12, 2004. July 24, 2016; Height / Weight : added, Distinguishing characteristics, birthmarks, tattoos : and Information on the case from local sources, may or may not be correct : updated.