Woman falls to her death in Mendocino Headlands

<p>A 22-year-old woman fell to her death from atop the Mendocino Headlands early Saturday, apparently after slipping into a crevice and dropping up to 75 feet to the beach below.</p><p>The victim is believed to have been from out of town, and perhaps out of state, Mendocino County Sheriff's Sgt. Jim Van Hagen said.</p><p>But authorities were not immediately able to reach next of kind and confirm her identity, he said.</p><p>Mendocino Fire Chief Danny Hervilla said, however, that a friend or acquaintance had been with the woman on the headland at the end of Kasten Street, near Portuguese Beach about 2 a.m.</p><p>It was the friend, Hervilla said, who reported that the victim slipped into a crevice about 20 feet long and just continued sliding until she hit the end of the drainage and a sheer drop of 60 to 75 feet.</p><p>“She appeared lifeless from the top of the cliff,” he said. “We rappelled down. The medics confirmed that she was not breathing and had no pulse.”</p><p>“We got the medics down really quickly, but there was just nothing to be done at that point,” he said. They were unable to revive her.</p>