Hikers, base jumper rescued from Phoenix-area mountains on same day
Dec 31, 2019, 6:55 PM | Updated: 6:55 pm
(Twitter Photo/Superstition Fire and Medical District)
(Twitter Photo/Superstition Fire and Medical District)
PHOENIX – Multiple hiking and climbing mishaps kept first responders from Glendale, Phoenix, Scottsdale and Apache Junction in save mode Sunday afternoon.
The injuries started in the morning, when a woman cracked her ankle on a trail at Thunderbird Conservation Park in Glendale.
Crews performed a mountain rescue this morning at Thunderbird Park after a woman fractured her ankle. If you are planning to be out enjoying the cool weather please remember to bring water. You can still get dehydrated. Stay safe. pic.twitter.com/xgSDy5CLrx
— Glendale Fire Dept. (@GlendaleFire) December 29, 2019
Farther east in the morning hours, teams from Superstition Fire and Medical and Pinal County Sheriff’s Office grabbed a base jumper who was stuck on the face of a mountain.
On Dec. 29, 2019, Ranger 1 assisted @PinalCSO & @sfmd_az_gov with the rescue of a base jumper whose parachute was caught on a rock outcropping on a vertical cliff face in the Superstition Mtns. Ranger 1 conducted a 267-ft hoist extraction to free the subject & get him to safety. pic.twitter.com/BBqdtIH6cF
— Dept. Public Safety (@Arizona_DPS) December 31, 2019
In the afternoon, a team from Phoenix Fire Department came to the aid of a 49-year-old man who was free climbing Piestewa Peak and fell about 40 feet.
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He managed to call for help, but said he thought he’d been knocked out for around 10 minutes, Capt. Nicole Minnick said in an email.
His rescue required a helicopter that took him to a trauma center.
Minnick’s department also pulled down a 42-year-old hiker who hurt her leg on South Mountain.
A Scottsdale crew reached Tom’s Thumb Trail to see to a man who eventually had to be airlifted out with a possible broken leg.
