3 Teen Hikers Need Helicopter Rescue After 9-Foot Fall on British Columbia Trail
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Updated · The New York Times · Aug 1
3 Teen Hikers Need Helicopter Rescue After 9-Foot Fall on British Columbia Trail
3 articles · Updated · The New York Times · Aug 1
Summary
Three teenage boys were rescued on British Columbia’s Howe Sound Crest Trail after an 18-year-old slipped on a rock, fell about 9 feet and injured his tailbone.
The group had printed Google Maps directions for what appeared to be a 5-hour backcountry hike, but the trek stretched to at least 12 hours before one hiker called 911.
Lions Bay Search and Rescue said medics assessed the injured teen on site, then crews airlifted him out in an evacuation harness while extracting his two companions.
The rescue team said the route climbs more than 4,200 feet over loose, irregular mountain terrain, making a 5-hour expectation for the trail “wildly optimistic.”