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Camper falls to death from tree PROSPECT � A camper from Central Point tumbled to his death while climbing a tree near here Friday night, Jackson County sheriff�s deputies said. Joseph Michael Orlow, 37, was camping in the area of a Boise Cascade logging road, about three-quarters of a mile off Butte Falls-Prospect Highway, when he attempted to climb a tree at about 11 p.m., according to sheriff�s Sgt. John Atkins. "He was high up in the tree, which was about 80 to 100 feet in height," Atkins said. "The people he was camping with, they heard a branch snap." Orlow was pronounced dead at the scene. Atkins said Orlow was camping with his sons, two boys, who witnessed the accident. Obituaries | Sports | Business | Classifieds | Tempo | Prime Times | So Oregon Sites | Outdoor Journal | Subscribe | Contact | Movies | Advertise | Real Estate Showcase | Archive | Editorials | Letters to the editor | Religion | Wake-up Call | NIE | Cyber Chef | Job Network | So Oregon Weather | WSJ Northwest | Forums | AP Wire | AP Money | F.A.Q. | Awards Ottaway Newspapers, Inc. The Community Newspaper Subsidiary of Dow Jones & Co, Inc Copyright �The Mail Tribune 2000, Medford, Oregon USA