whodgman Posted August 12, 2004 Share Posted August 12, 2004 Anyone have any report on the rescue performed on Mt Stuart, West Ridge this past weekend (Aug 7-8)? I was with my kids at Headlight Basin with all sorts of Sherif and Army hellicopters on Saturday and Sunday. A hearty crew was carefully extricating the injured party down the face from Long John's Tower. I trust the rescue was successful. I haven't seen anything in the papers or postings. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freeman Posted August 12, 2004 Share Posted August 12, 2004 West Ridge rescue thread Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whodgman Posted August 13, 2004 Author Share Posted August 13, 2004 Freeman: Thank you for the thread. Happy to know everyone was alright. Also appreciate the knowledge & limitation on helo flying. Should there have been more concern in the rescue, I would have thrown myself and kids into any rescue hauling. But the Sheriff, Army and SAR seemed to have all the help they needed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freeman Posted August 13, 2004 Share Posted August 13, 2004 You are welcome. And thanks for the offer of help. To put the whole helicopter limitation thing in perspective as you know there was a fatal crash in the alpine lakes on wednesday. It sounds (and I'm getting this strictly thru the news) that the pilot was long lineing some supplies to fire fighters on the ground when the tail rotor hit a snag. My understanding is that a 205 (Huey) is a hard ship to fly vertical reference solo - most of the time they would have a spotter. That is one of the things that makes the whole winch operation so much more difficult - the winch operator is giving the pilot instructions on where to move the ship - the pilot is looking straight forward out the window. Amazing stuff when it all works... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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