Two women were hurt in separate falling incidents Saturday
\nin Grand County, including one that had volunteers with Grand County Search and
\nRescue rafting at night.<\/p>\n
According to a news release, a search and rescue team was
\ncalled into action around 10 a.m. Saturday when a 55-year-old woman slipped
\nabout 12 feet into Jim Creek near the waterfall and hit her head on a log.<\/p>\n
The woman suffered a twisted ankle, elbow pain and a bump on
\nher head. She had wrapped her ankle and started walking back down the trail
\nwhere she met up with two rescue team members and paramedics driving up on
\nATVs. Other rescue team members had gotten a litter ready to go, but the woman
\nwas brought back to the trailhead so it wasn\u2019t needed, and everyone was safely
\noff the trail by noon.<\/p>\n
Shortly after that call, the Grand County Search and Rescue
\ntook another at about 4 p.m. following an accident near the Colorado River
\nbetween Pumphouse and Radium in Gore Canyon. <\/p>\n
According to the release, a young woman had fallen about 15
\nfeet in a rocky ravine near Mary\u2019s Wall, and two sheriff\u2019s deputies and a BLM ranger
\nwent in from above the ravine on hiking trails to try to find her. At the same
\ntime, two local rafters were recruited to bring in volunteers with search and
\nrescue from the river. <\/p>\n
Altogether, five volunteers and two EMS paramedics launched
\nfrom Pumphouse and headed downriver. From the river, they had a short but
\ndifficult hike up the ravine to the base of a rock cliff where the woman had
\nfallen.<\/p>\n
Once there, paramedics attended to the woman\u2019s injuries and
\nput her on a litter. A rope belay system was then set up to bring the litter
\ndown the ravine slowly, and everyone took turns carrying the woman on litter to
\nthe rafts. <\/p>\n
As expected, the team lost radio communication as soon as
\nthe rafts got on the river, and most of the rescue mission had to be monitored
\nby a drone from the sheriff\u2019s office. The drone was also helpful lighting the
\nway to the Radium boat ramp, as the team rafted out in the dark.<\/p>\n
Everyone was safely on shore by 8:30 p.m., and the rescue
\nteam is thankful for the rafters who helped out.<\/p>\n
The woman and her friends were reportedly hiking off trail
\nwith tubes to get to the river, and she appeared to be wearing flip-flops. In
\nthe release, the rescue team reminded people to always have proper footwear
\nwhen hiking, avoid hiking off trail and stick to established river put-ins.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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