SAR at Alpental?

[jakedouglas]

Heading out of the Alpental lot this afternoon Sunday Sept. 8 I was looking at my phone but looked up to catch a glimpse of what looked like SAR vehicles on the side of the road, like maybe a response was going on. It looked like they might have been looking up at Guye.

 

Anyone know what this is about?

[zub]

We ran into SAR on top of Guye this afternoon. They were rapping down to evacuate a guy who had fallen on the improbable traverse and broken both ankles.

[ivan]

didn't know there was rock solid enough to rap off on guye

[jgr]

Yesterday we were climbing the Improbable Traverse and my partner took a bad leader fall. I would like to send out a huge thank you to all the SARS groups that showed up and put in the amazing time, effort, sacrifice, and high risk to aid in getting my friends out and down safely. You people were incredible.

Many many thanks,

John Rollins

Hopefully some day I can repay your efforts.

[jakedouglas]

Hope your partner recovers well. Was there anything in particular that caused the fall, or just an accident?

[jgr]

I think he may have gotten into some wet rock in a bad spot and just an accident.

[abarlow]

I know one of the older pitons is no longer there. Was this on the traverse itself?

[jakedouglas]

Ran across this video of the helicopter hoist