Rangers at Death Valley National Park rescued two hikers last Sunday in separate incidents, including one where an Illinois woman broke her leg and tore her ACL.
Rick Reichmuth reports from Acadia National Park in Maine as a part of his summer travel tour 'Where's Rick Reichmuth' on 'Fox & Friends Weekend.'Death Valley National ParkThe agency said an Illinois woman in her 30s who had broken her tibia and ruptured her ACL was carried out of Mosaic Canyon.
Nine park employees and two American Conservation Experience interns carried the injured hiker out using a wheeled litter. The park ambulance transported her to Stovepipe Wells helipad at around 11:30 a.m., and a private helicopter ambulance flew her to a Lancaster, California hospital. Hours later, at around 4 p.m., the park received requests to locate aA hiking club was near the 9,064-foot snow-covered summit when one man in the group decided to remain behind due to head and body aches. The group agreed that he would wait for them and then descend the trailhead together.
Wildrose Peak Trail is 8.4 miles round-trip, but the lost hiker ended up walking 18 miles, according to his fitness watch.
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