Can you imagine how much this cost? And how many events we never hear about? Wow!
Hi all, the following events happened Sept 24 and were posted in the Oct 3 morning report. FYI, tom
Grand Canyon National Park (AZ)
Rangers Deal With Multiple Same Day Incidents
Rangers and flight crews were kept busy on Wednesday, September 24th, as seven people were evacuated from the canyon via helicopter in seven separate incidents:
A 53-year-old woman on a private river trip with cardiac problems was evacuated from the National Canyon area.
A 69-year-old woman on a commercial river trip who’d suffered a femur fracture was short-hauled via helicopter from Havasu Creek to a landing zone near the Colorado River for evacuation to the South Rim.
A 33-year-old man from a private river trip was e vacuated from the mouth of Havasu Creek after suffering a serious laceration in the groin area.
A 43-year-old female backpacker with an acute abdomen (appendicitis) was evacuated from Phantom Ranch.
A 29-year-old man with cardiac issues was extracted from the North Rim developed area.
A 52-year-old male backpacker with a leg injury was evacuated from the Nankoweap area.
A 51-year-old woman on a commercial river trip with a knee injury was evacuated from the Nankoweap area.
In addition to the medevacs, there were several other incidents, including:
a flipped and stuck raft below Crystal Rapids that necessitated four rangers and two sling loads of equipment flown in to begin a two-day recovery operation;
a warrant/intoxication ar rest in the South Rim developed area;
an intoxicated and possibly suicidal person approximately a mile and a half down the Bright Angel Trail; and
a hyponatremic 65-year-old woman treated and transported via NPS ambulance from the South Rim after attempting to hike rim to rim in a day.
Rangers Abby Confer and Peter Maggio served as the incident commanders for the majority of these incidents.
[Submitted by Brandon Torres, Branch Chief of Emergency Services]
http://www.nps.gov/applications/mr/printer-friendly.cfm?date=10/04/2014
Deagol
maybe they should sell space on the canyon walls for people to put their “art” on….
Bootboy
Gotta get some adventure, in spite of my coronary artery disease…
Cameron
I was reading that Rocky Mountain and Yosemite are increasing their rates to get in and maybe camping….and if you read the comments people are UNREAL with what they say. Running a National Park is expensive…and all the SAR that goes on…even more expensive!
I can’t imagine the trash pick up or the cost of restrooms/pit toilets in remote locations. I picked up FOUR cigarette butts IN Mystery Canyon…before the lake yesterday and I can’t imagine what else is found across the park.
I can’t imagine how much all the above cost.