Yeah, a helicopter with winching capabilities would be great sometimes, such as in the Ed Cooley incident. It wouldn't have done us any good on the Indian Creek rescue or most of them we do. The woods are just too thick to insert the basket.
There are times though, when it would be great!
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- Sun Oct 25, 2009 12:18 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Rescue at Kyle's Landing
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- Topic: Rescue at Kyle's Landing
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Re: Rescue at Kyle's Landing
Brent,
It was in fact a rescue a good ways up Indian Creek. A guy had fallen/tumbled down a portion of waterfall and landed on a bench at the lip of one of the tall bluffs.
We had to do a technical rescue and lower him down the bluff about 60 or 70 feet in a stokes basket.
Ended up being about ...
It was in fact a rescue a good ways up Indian Creek. A guy had fallen/tumbled down a portion of waterfall and landed on a bench at the lip of one of the tall bluffs.
We had to do a technical rescue and lower him down the bluff about 60 or 70 feet in a stokes basket.
Ended up being about ...