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Another SAR underway in the Supes
Posted: Apr 17 2009 9:14 am
by chumley
Is there ever anybody who is not an "experienced hiker" in these stories?
Authorities began a search and rescue for a hiker with diabetes Friday morning.
The 31-year-old male hiker was expected to return home Thursday night, according to the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office.
His wife and other family members began to search for him and found his vehicle at First Water Trail in the Superstition Mountain wilderness area.
The man is an experienced hiker and took all of his necessary diabetes medications with him for the hike, according to the Sheriff's Office.
Lake patrol and helicopter units were assisting with the search.
I certainly hope he's ok. It was a little chilly out there last night.
Re: Another SAR underway in the Supes
Posted: Apr 17 2009 10:06 am
by rally_toad
Hope they find him alright.
Re: Another SAR underway in the Supes
Posted: Apr 17 2009 10:33 am
by chumley
update from AZCentral as the search continues:
Authorities said they know he is alive, possibly with a broken leg, because the man has had some sort of communication with family members.
Re: Another SAR underway in the Supes
Posted: Apr 17 2009 11:12 am
by JoelHazelton
I hope he's alright. I'm interested to hear the details, hopefully he left a decent itinerary behind.
Re: Another SAR underway in the Supes
Posted: Apr 17 2009 11:28 am
by chumley
Visually located, but rescue is ongoing.
The man is awake, able to communicate and may have a broken wrist and injured leg.
Authorities are in the process of dropping a rescue person into the heavy terrain to hike over to the injured man, who will then be placed into a rescue basket and lifted out.
Re: Another SAR underway in the Supes
Posted: Apr 17 2009 11:35 am
by big_load
That sounds promising. Injury due to a fall is one of my biggest fears in the backcountry, along with water crossing mishaps and lightning.
Re: Another SAR underway in the Supes
Posted: Apr 17 2009 12:03 pm
by Dschur
Fox news just showed him being rescued. They airlifted him out and they showed him on the ground and they are waiting for the ambulance to take him out...
Re: Another SAR underway in the Supes
Posted: Apr 17 2009 12:10 pm
by dysfunction
Excellent. That's great news.
Re: Another SAR underway in the Supes
Posted: Apr 17 2009 1:21 pm
by chumley
Says he had fallen about 20 feet. Screengrabs from the video show him in a very rough-looking spot.
Re: Another SAR underway in the Supes
Posted: Apr 17 2009 1:30 pm
by big_load
Ouch!
Re: Another SAR underway in the Supes
Posted: Apr 17 2009 2:45 pm
by Jeffshadows
Yea, that's a tricky lift. Glad he's out...
Re: Another SAR underway in the Supes
Posted: Apr 17 2009 3:35 pm
by PaleoRob
Yikes! That doesn't look like the sort of place you'd want to fall into. Eee. Glad to hear he's out alright.
Re: Another SAR underway in the Supes
Posted: Apr 17 2009 11:01 pm
by nonot
Looks like he may have been in West Boulder Canyon somewhere, tough to tell though.
Re: Another SAR underway in the Supes
Posted: Apr 18 2009 8:55 pm
by djui5
nonot wrote:Looks like he may have been in West Boulder Canyon somewhere, tough to tell though.
I was wondering where he was. Could be the West side of "East Boulder Canyon" near Freemont Saddle too.