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Two Oregon hikers die within a week of each other, just miles apart
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A hiker in northeast Oregon was discovered useless on the backside of a cliff this week, simply days after one other hiker died in a fall about 3 miles away, the Multnomah County Sheriff’s Workplace stated.
Different hikers known as 911 on Wednesday afternoon about what seemed like a physique close to Angel’s Relaxation Path within the Columbia River Gorge.
A search and rescue group was dispatched and positioned the physique about 2.5 miles from the path head however could not get the physique out because of the tough terrain. A sheriff’s deputy spent the night time on the prime of the cliff.
On Thursday morning, a second search and rescue group hiked up the path to help and recovered the hiker’s physique at about 2:30 p.m.
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The hiker is believed to have been alone, and the dying is being investigated, based on the Multnomah County Sheriff’s Workplace.
It got here simply days after a 62-year-old lady died from a fall whereas mountaineering close to Wiesendanger Falls, which is simply 3.5 miles from Angel’s Relaxation Path.
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Jessica Warejoncas, who’s from Minnesota, was mountaineering with mates final week when she fell about 100 ft on the Multnomah Falls-Larch Mountain Path and suffered a deadly head damage. Firefighters pronounced her useless on the scene.
Fox Information’ Stephen Sorace contributed to this report.