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SEATTLE MOUNTAIN RESCUE RESCUE BERGTRAGE - AUGUST 2011 PICTURE ICTURE OF THE ACCIDENT SITE. SITE. THE DESCENT LINE IS THE PATH THE SUBJECT TOOK INTO THE HOLE. HOLE. #1 IS THE FIRST HOLE THE FEMALE RESCUER WAS LOWERED INTO. INTO. #2 IS A SHALLOW HOLE DUG BY THE RESCUEERS BUT THEY GAVE UP ON IT. IT. #3 IS THE HOLE WE DUG THROUGH TO THE WATER AND INSERTED THE NAVY AVY RESCUE RANGER AND EXTRACTED THE SUBJECT. SUBJECT. The Whidbey Island Navy helicopter arrived around 2:00 pm and flew in and checked the situation three times and then hovered in close and dropped two navy rescue rangers about 50 yards away on the slope. As the helicopter flew away toward Leavenworth, the Navy rescuers came over to the group and started speaking with the woman who had gone in the hole. They then came over to and Keith identified himself as being with SMR and explained his plan to dig a tunnel to intersect the water tunnel and send another person into the hole to look around. The helicopter was radioed to bring a list of items that Keith requested, including two more shovels, two snow saws, and a long bladed chainsaw. The Mountaineer woman who set up the anchors also requested avalanche probes. The helicopter departed for Leavenworth and we lost radio contact. At about the same time the helicopter left, the digger in the hole broke through. We had intersected right at the beginning of the second drop as planned. At this time the helicopter returned and Keith instructed everyone to secure all light gear that could get blown around in the prop-wash. They dropped one Chelan county Rescue volunteer and started lowering the chainsaw. We radioed back that we did not need any of the gear. They informed us that they would need to head out to refuel in about 20 minutes. They dropped the second Chelan County rescue volunteer and we informed them that we would be ready for evacuation of the subject and Navy personnel in about ten minutes. Keith showed the Navy rescuer how to girth-hitch the subject around the waist from behind and he descended into the hole again. It took him about five minutes from the time he yelled “STOP” to the time he yelled to have the subject hauled up. The subject was brought up quickly and the rescuer was pulled up right after. ULY 23, 2011: HIKER H JULY IKER INJURED NJURED AT KEEKWULE EEKWULE FALLS ALLS (DENNY (DENNY CREEK REEK) ) RESCUED RESCUED NORTH BEND, Wash. - A man was hurt Saturday when he fell at least 20 feet near the Denny Creek Trail in North Bend. Witnesses said the man fell down two waterfalls after losing his footing. They said they jumped in the water to help and brought him out They said the man was not breathing at first, and when he came to he was disoriented. He had a big gash on his head and some bruising. http://www.king5.com/home/Hiker-hurt-in-fall-near-North-Bend-126068619.html King County paged out SAR at 2:18 pm for a “semiconscious hiker at the bottom of Keekwoole Falls” on Denny Creek. Doug Hutton assumed In Town and there was a quick response by Art with the truck and Bree and Russ and Doug Caley on the trail with Timmy Williams following. Eastside Fire & Rescue was first on the scene (Continued on page 3) 2
SEATTLE MOUNTAIN RESCUE RESCUE BERGTRAGE - AUGUST 2011 (Continued from page 2) and a team of firefighters went directly up to the accident scene. At around 3:45 pm the SAR rescuers were with the Subject who was placed in a litter for a carryout. A highline was used to safely cross the Denny Creek “waterslide” and had the litter across the creek by 6:30 pm and at the trailhead around 7:15 pm. RESCUERS ESCUERS AT KEEKWULE EEKWULE FALLS ALLS For more photos of this mission please visit the Bergtrage Picasa Web Album at this URL: https://picasaweb.google.com/bergtrage/KeekwooleFalls72311?authuser=0&feat=directlink A more detailed report on this mission from the perspective of the field team is not available at this time. SMR PERSONNEL PERSONNEL: : 6 SMR HOURS HOURS: : 33.75 SMR MILES MILES: : 300 ULY 24, 2011: MISSING M JULY King County paged out dogs and trackers at 4:01 pm Sunday afternoon for a 57 year old female camper reported to be missing somewhere in the North Fork Snoqualmie area. The woman was wearing sweats and wooden sandals. No direct request was actually made for other searchers and 4:37 pm the search was cancelled without further explanation. There was no SMR response. ULY 24, 2011: SICK S JULY King County paged SAR at 11:28 pm for a sick hiker at the “bottom of the boulder field” on the Annette Lake trail. No further pages were issued and no details are known of whatever happened. There was no SMR response. ULY 31, 2011: SEARCH S JULY The page from King County came on Sunday afternoon around 5:00 pm for a possible hiker injured by a rockslide on the north side of Mt Si based on a call from a reporting party who heard but could not see the hiker in the fog but heard what sounded like a large rockslide and then nothing from the hiker. Searchers worked until dark on all sides of the Haystack without finding anything and the search was terminated with no results or clues found. There were five SMR members involved. (See Page 5 for rest of story please) Steve Allen spent his birthday last month with Rich Evans on the North Ridge of Mt Baker shown here. Can anyone guess which SMR member just sewed herself these hot pink sport climber pants? She may be adding real neon lights with batteries on her tool belt according to some rumors. If this isn’t a fashion statement that what is? 3 HIGHLINE IGHLINE AT DENNY ENNY CREEK REEK CROSSING ROSSING ISSING CAMPER AMPER NORTH ORTH FORK ORK SNOQUALMIE NOQUALMIE AREA REA ICK HIKER IKER ON ANNETTE NNETTE LKE KE TRAIL RAIL EARCH FOR INJURED NJURED HIKER IKER ON MT SI HEARD OR SEEN AROUND THE MOUNTAINS RICH ICH AND STEVE TEVE ON MT BAKER AKER
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