Climber injured ankle
By Kevin Walker
We were just
finishing an afternoon of technical training in
Joshua Tree, when one of the park rangers drove
up with news of a rescue mission on Tahquitz
Rock. With that we started loading gear into the
van, and also broke camp. Everyone followed the
orange van for the two hour drive to Idyllwild.
While enroute we learned that a climber had
fallen and had possibly fractured his ankle.
Upon reaching
Humber Park we learned from the deputy that the
climber had not been to seriously injured because
they were hiking down from the rock that very
minute. It was decided that it would be best for
RMRU to hike in and see that all was in order.
Well we were told that they were about a half
hour out. Well that estimate was not quite right.
We had just started to hike when we met the
group.
After getting
back to the road we learned that the climber had
indeed fallen but that his ankle was only
sprained.
With that we
went back to Fern Valley for dinner. After dinner
some went home while some of the other more
hearty members stayed on the mountain so that
they could train more on Sunday.
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