The lady had taken the Taboose Pass out of the Sierra Nevada’s John Muir Trail after encountering an excessive amount of snow, and whereas fetching water from a creek she was bitten by what she thought was a spider, Inyo County Search & Rescue officers stated in a social media post.
“Afterwards, she was unable to really feel the pores and skin on her legs and couldn’t proceed her hike down,” rescue officers stated. The hiker, who authorities didn’t establish, managed to name in and relay her coordinates to rescue officers round 6:30 p.m. earlier than her cellphone battery died.
The county’s search and rescue staff arrived on the trailhead simply earlier than midnight and “slowly walked her down the difficult part of the path whereas guaranteeing her security with ropes,” earlier than transferring her right into a wheeled litter the staff had stashed in a extra steady space of the path, a couple of quarter mile away from her location, officers stated.
Inyo County Search & Rescue by way of Facebook
Officials didn’t give any particulars in regards to the lady’s situation.
“About half of the emergency calls that SAR receives come from an individual with a dying cellphone battery,” the division stated, urging hikers to hold energy banks for telephones or satellite tv for pc messaging units.
“While we’re speaking about Taboose Pass path, we would wish to remind everybody that Taboose, Sawmill, Baxter, and Shepherd Pass Trails are rather a lot much less maintained as the remainder of the paths within the Sierra,” the division added. “You may encounter very difficult sections and route discovering points – to not point out very steep grades.”
