From the ArcaMax Publishing, News & Features Newsletter:
http://www.arcamax.com/news/newsheadlines/s-374404-826253
PORTLAND, Ore. (UPI) -- Rescuers said a South Carolina man is
recovering after falling about 100 feet down the side of Mount Hood in
Oregon.
The man received head and leg injuries after losing his footing at
about 10,300 feet while climbing down the mountain Sunday, The
Oregonian, a newspaper in Portland, Ore., reported.
The man, aged in his 30s, was airlifted from the mountain and taken to
Oregon Health & Science University, the newspaper said. Rescuers said
the fallen climber was awake and communicating when he got to the
medical center.
The man's climbing partners, who were a physician and a paramedic,
said he tumbled down the mountain "like a rag doll" before they
stabilized him and used a mobile phone to contact authorities.
"Being a doctor and a paramedic, they were able to diagnose and convey
that to responders, who recognized the urgency of the situation," said
Detective Jim Strovink, spokesman for the Clackamas County Sheriff's
Office.