Search and rescue crews found a 71-year-old hiker, reported missing in the Columbia River Gorge, alive this morning.
The hiker, identified as Joseph Dean, had been expected to return on Saturday. Multnomah County Sheriff’s Office deputies and Search and Rescue teams had been looking near the Horsetail Falls trail system.
Dean was evaluated by paramedics and reunited with his family.
Officials said he sent his wife a text message Saturday saying that he was lost somewhere on the Rock of the Ages Trail.