A 58-year-old Colorado man fell to his death from a 200 foot cliff in the Grand Staircase - Escalante National Monument, Garfield County, Utah, April 27, 2016 | Photo courtesy of the Garfield County Sheriff's Office, St. George News
GARFIELD COUNTY – A Colorado man was killed after falling 200 feet from a cliff, according to a statement from the Garfield County Sheriff’s Office.
Andrew Mark Davis, 58, of Ridgeway, Colorado, was camping with a female companion in the Grand Staircase – Escalante National Monument when the incident occurred.
Davis, who was described as an avid hiker and mountain climber, walked away from the campsite around 4 p.m., Wednesday, and didn’t return. He was reported missing Thursday morning.
Garfield County Search and Rescue was called in to search for Davis. His body was found a short distance from the campsite, having fallen around 200 feet to his death.
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Mori Kessler serves as a Senior Reporter for St. George News, having previously contributed as a writer and Interim Editor in 2011-12, and an assistant editor from 2012 to mid-2014. He began writing news as a freelancer in 2009 for Today in Dixie, and joined the writing staff of St. George News in mid-2010. He enjoys photography and won an award for photojournalism from the Society of Professional Journalists for a 2018 photo of a bee inspector removing ferals bees from a Washington City home. He is also a shameless nerd and has a bad sense of direction.