SALUDA, N.C. — Authorities in North Carolina have identified a hiker who fell from a waterfall and died over the weekend.
Polk County Emergency Management Director Bobby Arledge confirmed Monday that 28-year-old Aaron Post of North Charleston died after sliding down Big Bradley Falls on Saturday.
Arledge told the McClatchy news group he heard the hiker was taking a photo at the top of the remote Saluda spot when he lost his balance and tumbled down.
In a Facebook post Saturday, the Henderson County Rescue Squad said they extracted Post from a rugged area and flew him in a helicopter to a hospital.
Hiking websites say the waterfall drops 75 feet.
News outlets reported in 2017 that a 47-year-old hiker died in a fall at the same spot.
