Updated: 2:39 PM PST, March 11, 2021
Gil Tighe was hiking at Hug Point State Park near Arch Cape with their partner and had decided to walk a trail they hadn’t hiked before that didn’t appear particularly dangerous.
An Oregon hiker fell more than 100 feet from an oceanside cliff in Oregon and miraculously lived to tell about it. The outdoor excursion was part of a birthday celebration Friday that will most likely be the one birthday they never forget.
Gil Tighe was hiking at Hug Point State Park near Arch Cape with their partner and had decided to walk a trail they hadn’t hiked before that didn’t appear particularly dangerous. But after the hike began, they learned it was narrower than they had initially thought, and what followed was Tighe’s fall more than 100 feet, NBC affiliate KGW reported.