Planning a hike doesn't just mean doing what you can avoid requiring mountain rescue – researching your route, wearing proper hiking boots and checking the weather forecast. It also means making yourself searchable if disaster strikes, something that a Colorado mountain rescue team recently felt compelled to issue a reminder about.
On Wednesday morning, the Evergreen-based Alpine Rescue Team announced the successful extraction of an injured person on the Sawtooth, a third-class ridge connecting two 14ers, Mt. Blue Sky and Mt. Bierstadt. The call reported that the hiker had a lower leg injury and possible loss of consciousness, prompting a 19-person team to deploy via Flight for Life helicopter and on foot.
