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nordique
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 Thu Aug 09, 2018 7:12 pm |
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http://www.livingsnoqualmie.com/helicopter-rescues-climber-stuck-on-mount-si-haystack/
King County Sheriff’s Office Guardian 2 helicopter responded to the haystack of Mount Si for a cliffed out hiker/climber Thursday afternoon, August 9, 2018.
King County Search and Rescue crews were initially dispatched to Mount Si, but were then called off in lieu of the faster helicopter rescue.
Guardian 2 headed out to Mount Si around 12:45PM. The climber was stuck and clinging to the side of the haystack when the helicopter approached. The man was successfully hoisted off by rescue personnel and transported to Torguson Park in downtown North Bend.
The King County Sheriff’s Office released a video of the rescue. They did not release information about how the climber became stuck. The haystack stretches about 300- 500 feet above the Mount Si trail summit.
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Yana
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Thu Aug 09, 2018 7:17 pm |
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1:16 in the video - the remnants of a banana snack.
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nordique
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Thu Aug 09, 2018 7:37 pm |
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I missed that entirely! At least that poor hiker--not climber--didn't have to hike all the way down Mt Si. I always think of these stories and videos as a form of public service messages--like please do not try to scramble up the haystack in your sneakers.
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Thu Aug 09, 2018 8:20 pm |
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wth?
well.. he got home (or at least down) safely....
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Malachai Constant
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It looked to me like he tried scrambling up the side above the benches and couldn’t go up further and couldn’t go down either. He was hugging the rock pretty hard. We used to train there back in the day after driving up the Tenerife Road. Hipsters downfall avoided. 
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Thu Aug 09, 2018 9:31 pm |
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I'm glad that the King County Sheriff has resources like Guardian 1 to protect the lives of people -- especially when they've made a mistake.
If people never screwed up -- would we even need a sheriff's or fire department?
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Yana
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Thu Aug 09, 2018 9:43 pm |
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| RandyHiker wrote: | | I'm glad that the King County Sheriff has resources like Guardian 1 to protect the lives of people |
That's Guardian 2 (Huey). Guardian 1 is a Bell 407. I know I'm picking nits here, sorry, "occupational" hazard.
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Bernardo
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Thu Aug 09, 2018 9:53 pm |
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Kim Brown
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Looks scary as hell. Can't go up, can't get down. Looks like at one point, he mistook the rescuer's hand signals as a message to scramble up a little; glad he didn't slip then!
Poor guy. I bet he had a giant brewski with his buddies this evening.
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Stefan
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Fri Aug 10, 2018 9:44 am |
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I think I will scramble up and get that banana snack. You know....leave no trace. But maybe the snafflehounds have it by now....
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BigBrunyon
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You don't really need ropes and whatnot when the SAR has your back!
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Nancyann
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Fri Aug 10, 2018 10:30 am |
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If I was stuck up there I would have called SAR too.  Glad he didn’t slip on the banana peel.
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Windstorm
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| Yana wrote: | | RandyHiker wrote: | | I'm glad that the King County Sheriff has resources like Guardian 1 to protect the lives of people |
That's Guardian 2 (Huey). Guardian 1 is a Bell 407. I know I'm picking nits here, sorry, "occupational" hazard. |
I thought Guardian 2 was the one with the hoist!
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Yana
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Fri Aug 10, 2018 10:39 am |
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| Windstorm wrote: | | I thought Guardian 2 was the one with the hoist! |
Yep. That was definitely a hoist rescue.
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