It looks like he was heading into the lower gorge on that steep trail based on the bit below. I've slipped there a few times myself, but never thought much of it. Terrible news.
By KATU Web Staff
Terrebonne, Ore. - An experienced rock climber lost his footing and fell to his death at Smith Rock State Park Sunday, authorities said.
The Deschutes County Sheriff's Office identified the man as 55-year-old Jim Anglin of White Salmon, Wash.
According to the sheriff's office, Anglin was with two friends heading down into the gorge along a steep climbers trail at the southeast end of the park when he lost his footing and fell about 100 feet shortly before 10 a.m. Emergency crews responded and confirmed Anglin had died from the fall. They recovered his body from the bottom of the gorge, the sheriff's office said.
Anglin was not wearing a helmet at the time of the fall, the sheriff's office said.