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Injured hiker spends night on Pass Mountain
Posted: Feb 13 2012 11:07 am
by BEEBEE
PHOENIX (CBS5) - A man spent a chilly evening on Usery Mountain after injuring his leg during a hike on Sunday.
Maricopa County Sheriff's deputies said the man started his hike around 6:45 p.m...
http://www.kpho.com/story/16920550/inju ... y-mountain
Re: Injured hiker spends night on Usery Mountain
Posted: Feb 13 2012 11:13 am
by BEEBEE
It is actually on the Windcave trail on Pass Mountain not Usery Mountian
Re: Injured hiker spends night on Pass Mountain
Posted: Feb 13 2012 11:22 am
by azbackpackr
Sigh. Hairdos. They never do get it right. Glad the guy got some help pretty quick.
Re: Injured hiker spends night on Pass Mountain
Posted: Feb 13 2012 11:57 am
by WilliamnWendi
I will never second guess the rescue teams, but I might second guess the reporting. Seems like there should be more than a leg injury involved to stay overnight, or perhaps he tried to get up on the ridge-line. I haven't yet hiked the Wind Cave trail but I know it isn't that long.
Re: Injured hiker spends night on Pass Mountain
Posted: Feb 13 2012 6:35 pm
by kevinweitzel75
Went on Sat. to hike that trail with my son. Bought a Tonto pass in town( opps) ended up hiking by Lonely Mountain instead.
Re: Injured hiker spends night on Pass Mountain
Posted: Feb 13 2012 8:16 pm
by outdoor_lover
azbackpackr wrote:Glad the guy got some help pretty quick.
Sounds like it was a good thing his cell phone worked, and according to this article, he didn't call Rescue. His friends did...
http://www.azcentral.com/community/mesa ... escue.html
Re: Injured hiker spends night on Pass Mountain
Posted: Feb 13 2012 8:55 pm
by big_load
If I ever get hurt, I sure hope I don't have to depend on the goodwill of those who commented on those articles.
plz:
Re: Injured hiker spends night on Pass Mountain
Posted: Feb 13 2012 9:21 pm
by Al_HikesAZ
big_load wrote:If I ever get hurt, I sure hope I don't have to depend on the goodwill of those who commented on those articles.
plz:
We're your friends. We would each grab you under an arm and drag you down hill on your butt. You are out of luck if we have to drag you uphill. We would help you write a new will.
Re: Injured hiker spends night on Pass Mountain
Posted: Feb 13 2012 9:23 pm
by chumley
big_load wrote:If I ever get hurt, I sure hope I don't have to depend on the goodwill of those who commented on those articles.
plz:
Hey now!.. I only commented on the quality of reporting/writing/editing!
Re: Injured hiker spends night on Pass Mountain
Posted: Feb 13 2012 9:28 pm
by big_load
Al_HikesAZ wrote:We would each grab you under an arm and drag you down hill on your butt.
Ouch! I still have spine in my butt from taking closeups of Christmas Cholla in the Superstitions in November.
Re: Injured hiker spends night on Pass Mountain
Posted: Feb 13 2012 10:07 pm
by chumley
You were taking cholla closeups with your butt?
Re: Injured hiker spends night on Pass Mountain
Posted: Feb 13 2012 10:28 pm
by big_load
chumley wrote:You were taking cholla closeups with your butt?
The natural counterweight is an easy target when trying to isolate a branch. Unfortunately, the best place for all the other branches was behind me.
