Yikes!
Hiker rescued after fall off Rocky Butte embankment
06:03 PM PDT on Saturday, May 1, 2004
By ANTONIA GIEDWOYN, kgw.com Staff
A hiker was rescued after falling down an embankment at Rocky Butte in what was the third fall in the area in the last three weeks, officials said.
Rescuers transport the hiker on a stretcher. (KGW photo)
A pair of hikers was walking near the top of one of the popular climbing areas along Portland’s Rocky Butte when they were startled by a dog. One of the hikers lost his footing and fell 20 to 30 feet down the embankment, landing near 60-foot cliff, said Dick Haney, fire inspector for Portland Fire & Rescue.
The owners of the dog were climbing on the rock face and were the first to reach the victim.
Portland Fire and Rescue's high angle/technical rescue team rigged safety ropes and lowered a firefighter down the embankment. The rescuer secured the hiker and both were lowered to the base of the cliff.
Crews carried the hiker to an ambulance and transported him to Legacy Emanuel Hospital.
His condition wasn’t released.
The incident happened on the northeast side of Rocky Butte, approximately half a mile south of the NE 92nd and Skidmore trailhead, Haney said.