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Hiker injured in fall on Tam McArthur Rim
A Florida man
suffered a broken ankle and dislocated shoulder in a fall on Tam McArthur
Rim on Sunday, July 7.
According to Deschutes County
Sheriff's Office reports, Roger Wall, 44, of Winter Park, Florida, fell
down a snowfield.
Sheriff's search & rescue
personnel, U.S. Forest Service personnel, Camp Sherman's Hasty Team and
Sisters fire district EMTs responded to the scene.
Sisters fire personnel and
the Hasty Team located the hiker and paramedics and a Forest Service employee
activated Air Life to fly in and get the patient out of the area.
Sheriff's search & rescue
and the medical personnel treated the hiker and carried him about 100
yards to the helicopter landing zone. |
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