Hiker Rescued After 50-Foot Fall

A hiker was rescued on Friday, apparently three days after he fell down a 50-foot cliff in the Gorge.  The Hood River County Sheriff’s Office says rescuers got 43-year-old Morgan Bailey of Milwaukie to safety on Friday night after he was discovered by two other hikers at the base of the cliff, about a mile from the start of the Gorton Creek Trail.  He was conscious but injured, disoriented and possibly hypothermic, and a Sheriff’s Search and Rescue Coordinator Chris Guertin says he likely would not have survived the night.  The first responders who arrived were unable to transport the man to safety due to the difficult terrain, but a Coast Guard helicopter crew extracted him and brought him to a Portland hospital in stable condition.  Hood River Crag Rats, Pacific Northwest Search and Rescue, Cascade Locks Fire, the U.S. Coast Guard, Oregon State Police and the U.S. Forest Service were all involved in the rescue effort.

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