helicopter rescue at Index on Apr 3

[erikn]

Anyone know what the deal was with the helicopter rescue yesterday (Sat Apr 3) at Index? We were on the Upper Town Wall and around 1pm a chopper dropped a rescuer in the area below Centerfold. It then landed at the gun club and a half hour later picked up a rescuer with a stretcher at the end of a 100 foot line. They landed at the gun club and then took off. Seemed like a real rescue, not a drill.

 

Also, we very nearly got hit by rockfall at the Upper Town Wall. We had just done Heaven's Gate (new route by Lamplighter) and were walking when several chunks started landing around us. We ran for cover and then heard a bottle breaking as well, so we suspect it was someone trundling.

[Peter_Puget]

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