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Delhi Dog
climber
Good Question...
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Aug 18, 2014 - 11:36pm PT
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from the link...
"Six SAR Team members staged at Bryant Airfield in Bridgeport. A helicopter from Yosemite National Park attempted to locate the injured climber. Initially, the climber was unable to be located via air, so a ground team was inserted to search for the climber. It was discovered that the injured climber had moved from where his friend had left him and attempted to walk out of the area. Fortunately, he was located, stabilized and flown out of the area for further medical treatment."
Next time stay put ya knucklehead:-)
Props to SAR and the partner!
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rottingjohnny
Sport climber
mammoth lakes ca
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Aug 19, 2014 - 05:36am PT
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I thought i heard a rescue on the sheriffs radio ban when i heard " just below Doo Dad " come over the radio..
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NutAgain!
Trad climber
South Pasadena, CA
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Aug 19, 2014 - 08:25am PT
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Wow, that is a place I would not expect a rescue at all, unless a partner was able to go for help.
It brings up a good point though... I can imagine myself to keep moving in some scenarios after a partner left for help.
If I got hurt there, I'd want my partner to stick with me until it seemed impossible to get me out of there by ourselves. And then if that became impossible, apparently the right thing to do is to be patient and wait til they come back with help... no matter how long it takes?
What if a day goes by, maybe the partner got hurt too? Best to get moving and try to self-rescue alone before starving/dehydrating/bleeding to death? Maybe partners should know to work out an expected timeline for return, and that the person left behind will try to solo self-rescue along a pre-decided route if the partner doesn't return by the deadline?
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Footloose
Trad climber
Lake Tahoe
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Aug 19, 2014 - 08:48am PT
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" just below Doo Dad "
Sounds like Polemonium Pass.
I drove through Bridgeport just days ago thinking the Sawtooth looked dry as a bone, nothing like just a few weeks earlier.
Earlier in the season I climbed through Polemonium kinda wishing I had had an ice ax. If not for safety then speed. It's steep. And steeper the higher you go. But the time I climbed through there was no exposed talus below. Big difference. Makes the calculus different, too.
Had I slipped, it would've been one hellava ride!
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RP3
Big Wall climber
Twain Harte
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Aug 19, 2014 - 09:25am PT
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I climbed the Dragway on the 16th and had no idea that had happened the day before.
It is bone dry up there right now. NO ice on the approach to the Dragtooth:
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BuddhaStalin
climber
Truckee, CA
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Mar 24, 2015 - 10:06pm PT
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Bummer, I hope he's getting taken good care of at Renown. Glad I dont work trauma there anymore....I hated when we would get climber traumas there. I remember when the girl who fell at Owens several years ago came in. Too close to home.
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HighTraverse
Trad climber
Bay Area
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Mar 24, 2015 - 10:32pm PT
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The 911 call was transferred to Mono County Sheriff’s Office Dispatch but was terminated due to the hiker’s poor cell phone reception. Attempts to re-establish contact with the hiker was unsuccessful so the exact whereabouts of the hiker were unknown.
A Personal Locator Beacon (PLB) sends your coordinates up to the SAR/SAT system regardless of where you are.
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Clint Cummins
Trad climber
SF Bay area, CA
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Mar 25, 2015 - 01:05pm PT
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I remember when the girl who fell at Owens several years ago came in. Too close to home. Yes, it is a jolting reminder that we may be somewhat fooling ourselves about a low likelihood of being seriously injured while climbing.
For myself, it seems like part of the attraction of climbing is that it's risky, but I feel "in control". Sort of death-defying. Seeing actual injuries and deaths deflate this concept.... Fortunately there are other attractions to climbing as well.
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