GOVERNMENT CAMP, Ore. -- Crews rescued a disoriented man from Mount Hood.

Rescuers carry the man off the mountain on a stretcher.

The Clackamas County Sheriff's Office said 55-year-old Jeffrey Stanberry was carried off the mountain Wednesday afternoon and taken to a Gresham Hospital.

Detective Jim Strovink said Stanberry told rescuers he rode a bus from Portland to Mount Hood with the intention of climbing to Illumination Rock.

Stanberry wore light clothing and walking shoes. He had no food or water -- only spiritual books in a backpack -- when he was found at an elevation of 7,200 feet.

Stanberry, who lists a Salvation Army address, couldn't say how long he was on the mountain, but Strovink said he might have been there for two days or more.