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Lost Columbia Gorge hiker found in good condition

By Associated Press
Published: March 24, 2017, 10:04am

PORTLAND — Rescuers have found a 29-year-old man who became lost while hiking in the Columbia River Gorge.

The Multnomah County Sheriff’s Office says search teams found him at about 3 a.m. Friday. The man was cold and wet, but otherwise OK.

The hiker had called 9-1-1 more than 12 hours earlier to say he couldn’t find his way back to the Horsetail Falls Trailhead. Deputies were able to get his general location from a cell phone ping, but the phone’s battery life was about to run out.

The man is an experienced hiker, but was unfamiliar with the Gorge.

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