This week, authorities recovered the body of a 69-year-old California man who fell roughly 300 feet while hiking a coastal trail near Brookings, Oregon.
According to Monday's announcement by the Curry County Sheriff's Office, a search and rescue team responded to a call on April 21 from a witness who thought they saw a dead body on the rocks below the trail.
Authorities say the trail was near Natural Bridges, a viewing area described by AllTrails as "beautiful ocean arch rocks that tower over the foamy sea on the Oregon Coast." The area is also called "dangerous" as it has steep cliffs, which are extremely dangerous in off-limit areas. However, authorities did not say where exactly the hiker fell.
Richard Ehrhart was a 69-year-old man from San Jose, California. Credit: Richard Ehrhart/Facebook
On Facebook, Ehrhart shared pictures of nature, gourmet food, and vacations. His colleagues described him as a "wonderful" writer of "developer-centric blogs" and a dedicated engineer.
