{"id":22405,"date":"2020-04-14T13:01:08","date_gmt":"2020-04-14T19:01:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.skyhinews.com\/?p=64203"},"modified":"2020-04-14T13:01:08","modified_gmt":"2020-04-14T19:01:08","slug":"this-mountain-rescue-shows-what-can-go-wrong-when-hiking-during-the-coronavirus-pandemic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/local-news\/this-mountain-rescue-shows-what-can-go-wrong-when-hiking-during-the-coronavirus-pandemic\/","title":{"rendered":"This mountain rescue shows what can go wrong when hiking during the coronavirus pandemic"},"content":{"rendered":"<div readability=\"29.715832205683\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image p402_hide\">\n<div class=\"caption-container\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"679\" height=\"570\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.skyhinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/04\/Screen-Shot-2020-04-14-at-12.19.34-PM.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.skyhinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/04\/Screen-Shot-2020-04-14-at-12.19.34-PM.png 679w, https:\/\/cdn.skyhinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/04\/Screen-Shot-2020-04-14-at-12.19.34-PM-300x252.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 679px) 100vw, 679px\"><figcaption><strong>Members of the Alpine Rescue Team tend to a 26-year-old man injured on St. Mary\u2019s Glacier last week. The unidentified man suffered lower body fractures after a fall.<\/strong><br \/><em>Provided by Dawn Wilson, Alpine Rescue Team<\/em><\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Since the coronavirus began spreading in Colorado, volunteer search and rescue teams have been sounding alarms about what a dangerous mountain mission might look like with a potentially lethal contagion complicating the operation. It was only a matter of time before one Front Range team found out.<\/p>\n<p>About 20 volunteer members of the Alpine Rescue Team \u2014 which operates in Jefferson, Clear Creek and Gilpin counties \u2014 last week rescued a 26-year-old man who had camped at St. Mary\u2019s Glacier the night before and apparently fell while hiking on steep snow and ice without an ice ax or crampons. Seven members of the team came in close contact with the victim, according to Dawn Wilson, ART\u2019s public information officer.<\/p>\n<p>The victim slid into a tree and suffered \u201cfractures along his lower body,\u201d Wilson said, adding that it could have been much worse.&nbsp;\u201cHe was lucky he didn\u2019t hit his head.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Wilson said she did not have permission to identify the man, a Denver-area resident who was later hospitalized, adding that he is unwilling to discuss his experience with the media.<\/p>\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col\">\n<style>.shn-donation{background:#272727;max-width:100%;margin:0 auto}.shn-donation .logo{width:50%;margin:1rem 0 1rem}.shn-donation h1{font-size:2rem;text-transform:none;color:#fff}.shn-donation p{color:#fff;font-weight:300}.shn-donation hr{width:20%;border-top:4px solid #000}.shn-donation .btn{padding:.5rem 2rem;background-color:#fff!important;border-radius:0}.shn-donation .btn a{color:rgb(85,0,13)}.shn-donation .btn:hover{background-color:rgb(85,0,13)!important}.shn-donation .btn:hover a{color:#fff!important}.shn-donation .col-xl-5.p-0{background-image:url(https:\/\/cdn.skyhinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/03\/shn-donate-cta-bg.jpg);background-size:cover;min-height:330px}@media (min-width:768px){.shn-donation .logo{width:35%}}@media (min-width:1440px){.shn-donation{text-align:left}.shn-donation-mobile{display:none}.shn-donation hr{margin-left:0}}<\/style>\n<div class=\"row shn-donation shn-donation-mobile p-0\">\n<div class=\"col-xl-4 p-2\">\n<div data-bg=\"url(https:\/\/cdn.skyhinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/02\/shn-logo-2x-wht.png)\" class=\"p-0 mt-2 mb-2 h-75 text-center rocket-lazyload\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.skyhinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/02\/shn-logo-2x-wht.png\" class=\"logo m-0 p-0 invisible\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-xl-8 p-3 text-center\">\n<h3 class=\"d-inline mr-3\">Support Local Journalism<\/h3>\n<p><button class=\"btn d-inline\" type=\"button\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.skyhinews.com\/donate\/?utm_source=article&amp;utm_medium=website&amp;utm_campaign=donation&amp;utm_term=&amp;utm_content=mid-article\">Donate<\/a><\/button><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Read more via&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/theknow.denverpost.com\/2020\/04\/12\/mountain-rescue-backcountry-coronavirus\/237147\/?utm_content=fb-denverpost&amp;utm_source=facebook.com&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=socialflow&amp;fbclid=IwAR31OY9VNky952QPfqI2c2XnKPX2nrsjay1oULlq4Radackr--DHqzu_Qaw\" target=\"_blank\">The Denver Post<\/a><i class=\"fas fa-external-link-alt\"><\/i>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div readability=\"11.368068833652\">\n<div class=\"col-xl-7 pt-3 pb-4 pr-4 pl-4\" readability=\"17.792307692308\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.skyhinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/02\/shn-logo-2x-wht.png\" class=\"logo\"><\/p>\n<p><strong>Readers around Grand County make the Sky-Hi News&#8217; work possible. 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