Searchers locate missing Camas man’s body at bottom of 80-foot cliff in Gorge

A Camas man who went missing on Friday, Oct. 22, after going for a run on the Pacific Crest Trail on the Oregon side of the Columbia River Gorge, has been found dead.

According to the Hood River County (Oregon) Sheriff’s Office, search-and-rescue workers discovered the body of Nicholas Wells, 33, at the bottom of an 80-foot cliff around 1 a.m. Sunday, Oct. 23.