Bad weather makes for harrowing rescue near Grouse
Posted June 18, 2012 8:04 am.
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NORTH VANCOUVER (NEWS1130) – Yesterday’s nasty weather made a rescue near Grouse Mountain difficult for crews.
North Shore Rescue crews had just a 10-minute window to get a man in his 40’s off Crown Mountain after he tumbled 200 feet.
North Shore Rescue’s Tim Jones says it happened around 4 p.m.
“He shattered his femur and his lower leg. A very severe injury. He was hypothermic and was lucky he wasn’t killed,” explains Jones.
He adds the man was climbing with a group of friends and they were all experienced.
“They all had ice axes and crampons. They had the good fortune that they had a cell phone and they also had an emergency beacon that they activated.”
Rescue crews were able to airlift the man off the mountain and he is now recovering in hospital.