what ???you thought this had to do with Biking?
Call came in as a public assit for a hiker with a twisted knee. We arrived at the purported trail and found the hiker 100' down from the trail next to the road on a very steep and loose hillside deer trail and called for a full rescue reponse, 3 engines in addition to our rescue already on scene.
Photos courtesy of a bystander
The medics down with the hiker
engine wheel for an anchor
the soon to be human counterweights, they go down patient comes up.
medics loading the patient into the stokes
haul team going over the side and down
medics and the stokes coming up having been passed by the haul team going down
haul system brakeman
amost to the top
Me on the safety belay
all told it took an hour to bring him up, family drove him to the Dr.
Call came in as a public assit for a hiker with a twisted knee. We arrived at the purported trail and found the hiker 100' down from the trail next to the road on a very steep and loose hillside deer trail and called for a full rescue reponse, 3 engines in addition to our rescue already on scene.
Photos courtesy of a bystander
The medics down with the hiker
engine wheel for an anchor
the soon to be human counterweights, they go down patient comes up.
medics loading the patient into the stokes
haul team going over the side and down
medics and the stokes coming up having been passed by the haul team going down
haul system brakeman
amost to the top
Me on the safety belay
all told it took an hour to bring him up, family drove him to the Dr.
