Washington tourist missing for a month found ‘alive and well’

According to the Whatcom County Sheriff’s Office, officials reported Robert Schock missing several days after he was last seen in the park on July 31. Witnesses saw the hiker near the Chilliwack River without any supplies for the night.

National Park Service rangers found Schock “alive and well” in the park’s Chilliwack Basin on Aug. 30, the sheriff’s office said in a statement Thursday.

USA TODAY reached out to the National Parks Service for more information about Schock’s disappearance, how he survived a month in the wild mountains and how he was found.