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Isabel Keane

Who wouldn’t be angry: ‘Cursing and irate’ hiker rescued after getting stuck in New Mexico gorge – and now he faces charges

New Mexico authorities were forced to rescue an irate man who got stuck after climbing down the ledge of a gorge while trying to reach a nearby hot springs - (Getty Images)

A “cursing and irate” hiker was rescued after getting stuck in a New Mexico gorge for hours – and now faces charges for trespassing, authorities said.

The hiker, identified as 54-year-old Casey Waldman, of Huntington Beach, California, attempted to climb down from a ledge of the Rio Grande Gorge Friday in search of a hot spring, but became stuck, the Taos County Sheriff’s Office said in a press release.

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