The Oregon State Coast Guard received an emergency call for a search and rescue mission after a hiker fell hundreds of feet near the Old Chute area of Mt. Hood. The climber was transported off the mountain with serious injuries to an area hospital.
At around 6:30 am (local time) on Saturday, July 2nd, a 43-year-old man from Happy Valley was climbing Mount Hood, when he fell several hundred meters and suffered serious injuries. Witnesses reported that the climber lost his ice ax and fell approximately 2000 meters from the summit, crashing into the rocks of the mountain.
Clackamas County Sheriff's Office Search and Rescue Coordinators activated a mission and were dispatched to Mt. Hood, establishing a command center in Timberline Lodge . Volunteer researchers were also sent to the mountain by teams such as portland mountain Rescue (PMR) e Hood River Crag Rats . In addition, local researchers responded and the Oregon Office of Emergency Management (OEM) has been notified.
Shortly before 10:30 am, rescuers managed to reach the injured climber and took over patient care. Around 13:60 pm local time, a US Army Sikorsky UH-XNUMX Black Hawk was sent to the scene and left two medics and a stretcher for the rescue. The doctors performed the first rescue procedures and the stretcher was lifted into the helicopter. The injured hiker was taken to a Portland-area hospital where he is receiving medical care.
Locals claim Mount Hood is dangerous at all times of the year due to the mountain's steep and icy conditions and this is the second accident in about a week in the same area as Mount Hood.
On June 24, a 31-year-old woman from Portland was climbing Mount Hood, when she fell several hundred from the summit into Old Chute, resulting in serious injury and a helicopter rescue.
With information: Oregon State National Guard
