The Snohomish County Volunteer Search and Rescue Helicopter Rescue Team is an “all hazard” response team conducting 80+ missions a year throughout Washington state. Operating primarily on the northern end of the trail, they perform multiple rescues of PCT hikers each year. We deeply appreciate the work of the team ... Read more
Crater Lake National Park News Release
August 5, 2014 For Immediate Release Contacts: Marsha McCabe (541)594-3091CRATER LAKE, OREGON – Crater Lake National Park Rangers are seeking information on an individual who was involved in a Search and Rescue incident within the park starting on August 1, 2014. They are ... Read more
Gregg Hein broke his leg descending Mt. Goddard on July 5th. The peak dominates the region around Muir Pass in Kings Canyon National Park. The experienced outdoorsman found himself alone, off-trail and in a very difficult situation with a compound fracture. He was rescued after six days. The lessons that ... Read more
It’s easy to focus on the bear encounter part of this story. Don’t let that distract you from the more common danger: falling on steep snow.
#PacificCrestTrail #hiker says he fended off bears while awaiting rescue in #NorthCascades near #HartsPass http://t.co/oilVFZuISe
— Pacific Crest Trail (@PCTAssociation) June 25, 2014
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What lessons do you see?
Cold, soaked #PacificCrestTrail hikers rescued http://t.co/O2sVjXg2BE
— Pacific Crest Trail (@PCTAssociation) June 18, 2014
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Are you prepared to handle a situation like this? Get started with our page about first aid.
#PacificCrestTrail hiker rescued after becoming unconscious due to bee sting http://t.co/Wd4ZKjdOea Thanks @LonCooper and @DeLormeGPS!
— Pacific Crest Trail (@PCTAssociation) May 1, 2014
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Read this account from a rescue on the #PacificCrestTrail near Hauser Canyon yesterday: http://t.co/d51VLxVJnh What lessons are there?
— Pacific Crest Trail (@PCTAssociation) March 26, 2014
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Quijote, a 34-year-old Pacific Crest Trail thru-hiker from Louisville, KY who was sick suffering from altitude sickness and dehydration was helicoptered off Mount San Jacinto yesterday by the Riverside Mountain Rescue Unit and the Riverside Sheriff. http://www.riversidesheriff.org/press/cab11-0511.asp
t.Rex reports on the PCT-L that Quijote was suffering from food poisoning from ... Read more
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