Western News Staff
A 17-member team from Penticton and District Search and Rescue (PENSAR) responded to an emergency call to aid an injured male just after 8 p.m. March 27 at Skaha Bluffs.
According to PENSAR’s Randy Brown, the B.C. Ambulance service received a call from the man saying he had fallen about six metres in an area of the popular climbing location known as the Seven Dwarfs.
While the main team was organizing for a rope-rescue evacuation, search and rescue manager Dale Jorgensen sent an advance group of four members to the area where they found the 24-year-old male in stable condition but suffering from a number undetermined injuries.
While the initial response team treated the subject the rest of the rescue group hiked in with a stretcher and rope equipment for the evacuation.
The evacuation team then carried out the subject by stretcher and by 10:15 p.m. was transferred to the SAR Medi Vac ATV.
In total two rescue trucks, two all-terrain vehicles and a rope-rescue team leader from the Osoyoos-Oliver Search and Rescue were involved.
The subject was transported out of the area to an awaiting ambulance on Valleyview Road and transferred to Penticton regional hospital for treatment.
