US EditionTwo climbers, one of them injured, plucked off sheer mountain face in B.C.
YAK PEAK NEAR HOPE, BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA, AUG 6 – Rescue teams from multiple organizations coordinated a complex nighttime operation involving technical hoists and mountain rescue amid worsening weather conditions, officials said.
- Three search and rescue teams worked together to retrieve two climbers from a vertical rock face on the 2,100-metre Yak Peak close to Hope, British Columbia, during the early hours of Wednesday.
- The rescue followed a fall where one climber injured their head, and worsening weather caused an initial helicopter attempt to be aborted due to clouds and rain.
- Rescue crews from the Hope and Chilliwack regions initiated a rope rescue while a newly crewed helicopter successfully deployed two technicians who secured the climbers with fall protection.
- The rescue operation, carried out at night, included specialized helicopter maneuvers, mountain rescue teams, and intricate hoisting procedures, with the injured climber evacuated first followed by their partner.
- This coordinated effort overcame hazardous conditions to safely evacuate the climbers, demonstrating the critical role of combined mountain and air rescue resources in alpine emergencies.
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Two climbers, one of them injured, plucked off sheer mountain face in B.C.
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Two climbers, one of them injured, plucked off sheer mountain face in B.C. – Energeticcity.ca
NORTH VANCOUVER — Members of three search and rescue groups combined efforts to save two climbers off the sheer rock face of Yak Peak near Hope, B.C., early Wednesday after one of the climbers fell and injured their head. North Shore Search and Rescue says in a social media statement that they went in late Tuesday, but weather was rapidly deteriorating and the climbers were hanging mid-face on the 2,100-metre peak. It says a hoist crew in a heli…
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