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A 27-year-old Seattle man was airlifted off Mount Hood Sunday afternoon after falling and breaking his leg near the Sandy Glacier area.
Clackamas County sheriff’s search and rescue members said Kristopher R. Haskins was taken off the mountain before 2 p.m. by an Oregon National Guard helicopter to Legacy Emanuel Hospital. Haskins is an employee of the University of Washington in Seattle.
The sheriff’s office was called at about 6:44 a.m. with a report that a man had fallen near the glacier and was injured. Sheriff’s deputies learned that the climber had fallen at about 5 a.m.
There was no information about how far the climber fell or how the accident happened.
The sheriff’s office activated a search and rescue operation with help from American Medical Response’s Reach and Treat specialists, Mountain Wave Communications and Portland Mountain Rescue mountaineers.
At about 12:45 p.m. a National Guard helicopter airlifted several rescue crew to the glacier on the southwest face of Mount Hood. The climber was airlifted from the mountain a short time later.
"day dreamers" comment is not uncommon, however, it is not thought out. Climber rescues are small in comparision to hunting, fishing, cross-country skiing, snowmobile, and boating rescues. Do you suggest all this sportsmen pay for their rescues? If so, it is likely many more would die due to their reluctance to call for help. Life has risks, especially if you push back from the computer and tv and actually go outside.
Think it through.
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Mon, Jun 29, 2009 at 06:13 PM
"day dreamers" comment is not uncommon, however, it is not thought out. Climber rescues are small in comparision to hunting, fishing, cross-country skiing, snowmobile, and boating rescues. Do you suggest all this sportsmen pay for their rescues? If so, it is likely many more would die due to their reluctance to call for help. Life has risks, especially if you push back from the computer and tv and actually go outside.
Think it through.
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Mon, Jun 29, 2009 at 06:15 PM
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Re: Injured Mount Hood climber airlifted from glacier
I hope all these "self proclaimed mountainers" are charged for their rescues....especially with Oregon and the rest of the country going down the tube.
"daydreamer"
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Mon, Jun 29, 2009 at 12:38 PM