by Timothy Rutt
Altadena and Sierra Madre search and rescue teams rescued a hiker in a five hour operation Wednesday afternoon.
According to a release from the Altadena Sheriff’s Station, a 25-year-old Los Angeles man became stuck on a narrow rock about 230 feet above the canyon bottom near the first waterfall at Eaton Canyon. The hiker was off any regular trail.
The sheriff’s department said that 14 rescuers and 600 feet of rope was used to lower the hiker to safety. The hiker was uninjured and transported to his vehicle by Parks Bureau personnel, according to the release.
I hope the hiker had a credit card with him to cover the cost of the 14 rescuers and 600 feet of rope
He was “off any regular trail”!
Ok bud, you pay for the costs of your ignorance
Elliot Gold
I am only half kidding when I suggest that these idiots should just be left up there. If the bones piled up, maybe it would serve as a deterrent. Nothing else seems to!
Jon- Not a bad idea!
Elliot