[Update] Medical Rescue for Injured Hiker in the Buck Creek Area
Shelter Cove Fire & Rescue personnel head out to a medical rescue call [Photo by Lauren Schmitt]
KMUD News Director, Lauren Schmitt, happened to be at the Shelter Cove Fire Department in preparation for the tsunami warning system test that was scheduled to occur today when the department was dispatched to the medical rescue call. The tsunami siren test has, at minimum, been postponed as Shelter Cove Fire personnel respond to the Buck Creek incident.
Schmitt reports that the preliminary information suggests that hikers are at Buck Creek are unable to continue their journey. The hiking party may have contacted emergency services via a GPS device.
Please remember that information gathered from initial reports is subject to revision as more facts become available.
Update: Schmitt reports that the rescue team made contact with the injured party after hiking into the area from the nearest access point. The patient has been evacuated out of the area and taken to a rendezvous point with medical transportation by the Shelter Cove Fire & Rescue personnel.
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How will responders reach Buck Creek? By Boat?
Maybe by quad, if the tide’s not too high(?)
I hope the recued person shows their gratitude with a big check.
Coast Guard flew on this too.
The U.S. taxpayer is on the hook for the Coast Guard’s rescue of the clueless, irresponsible expedition. The USCG has to go out, they don’t have to come back. The government was there to help them.
The local VFD, not so much. They risk their lives, but get sporadic public funding. A check would be appropriate, paying it forward for the next inevitable yay-hoo safari.
When our inner child must escape, the Lost Coast is the wild place.
Check out Some Other Lost Hiker’s comment.
I’m not being critical BTW.
Putting the money aside, the Coasties, VFDs and the hikers have a common bond, that is the spirit of adventure.
Saw a coast guard helicopter make sever laps, it followed me for a while. Not sure if they thought I was the hurt one? I was 2-4 miles north of whoever was injured. Also saw multiple quad tracks all over the area (looked like 2). Don’t know more than that.
I don’t want to disappoint anybody by not commenting on the timing of this hike. With rain, sometimes heavy, forecast all week in probably the rainiest area of California, in the rainy season, postponing this trip would have been prudent. Anybody have a tide book? Just asking’.
Finished this route today. Loved how hardcore and wild it was with the rain and river crossings. I carry rescue insurance in case shit goes sideways.
It’s always easy to judge others stories, but remember you don’t know all the facts, there’s idiots and legitimate accidents.
That said, I know nothing about this rescue.
I’m glad you were able to fufill your mission but for those of us that live here year around we know all too well how one step in a slick spot (even on flat ground) that we walk over daily might get you that one wet wet day and take you for a spill are sounding cautions and postponment fora major hike of the Lost Coast.where your legs are gone from under you in second. Not always with a happy ending. That is why so many locals feel outsiders coming for a thrill or to conquer unknown terrain might heed their advice.
Being a local, my advice is to “Go for it”. Take a beacon, proper gear, and watch where you put your big feet.
Support our local heros.