needtoclimb Posted July 20, 2007 Posted July 20, 2007 Yesterday around 1400 I saw an ambulance in a pullout across from yellowjacket tower, and what appeared to be a Coast Guard helicopter (was all orange, too far away to see any markings) hovering around the tower for about 30 minutes. Anyone know what happened? Quote
montypiton Posted July 22, 2007 Posted July 22, 2007 Chelan County Mountain Rescue volunteers were briefly mobilized for an evacuation from Yellow Jacket Tower, then shortly later recalled. The party on Yellow-Jacket had determined they could get down without help - so what you saw was resources that got to the site more quickly than they could be recalled. I was not told what problems were reported in the initial call for help, and the recall was made within thirty minutes of the original dispatch. Quote
montypiton Posted July 22, 2007 Posted July 22, 2007 update - reported injuries were a clavicle fracture and concussion, sustained in a fall on the approach. the injured party self-evacuated. Quote
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