NATIONAL PARK SERVICE
                           MORNING REPORT


To:         All National Park Service Areas and Offices

From:       Division of Ranger Activities, Washington Office

Day/Date:   Thursday, March 23, 2000

ALMANAC

On this date in 1863, the Monadnock, a double-turreted monitor, was 
launched at the Charlestown Navy Yard; it became the only monitor 
built at a government yard to see Civil War action and the first 
monitor to round Cape Horn.  The yard is now part of Boston National 
Historical Park, Massachusetts.

INCIDENTS

00-104 - Grand Canyon NP (AZ) - Rescue

On March 19th, North Rim rangers received a report of an injured hiker 
on the North Kaibab trail and discovered that 22-year-old R.Z. 
of Cincinnati, Ohio, had tripped and fallen 20 feet down a 
switchback, sustaining ankle, head and facial injuries. He was also 
suffering from mild hypothermia, as he was wearing only jeans and did 
not have a shirt on. R.Z. had been able to crawl back onto the trail 
and uphill after the accident, covering several hundred yards before 
he was found by the two hikers who contacted rangers. Due to his 
injuries and snow and ice on the trail above the site of the accident, 
a short-haul evacuation was done by the park helicopter and South Rim 
personnel. R.Z. was transferred to a Classic Lifeguard helicopter 
and flown to Flagstaff Medical Center, where he was admitted with 
bilateral heel fractures, a fractured nose, and an L-3 compression 
fracture. Nighttime temperatures on the North Rim are currently in the 
teens, and a significant and extended snowstorm was in the forecast 
for that night. It's unlikely that R.Z. would have survived the 
night if he hadn't been found by the hikers. [Jeff Martinelli, IC, 
GRCA, 3/22]

00-105 - Bandelier NM (NM) - Fatality; Rescue

On March 18th, four Boy Scouts and three advisors were finishing up a 
cross-country orienteering hike when they noticed that one of the 
advisors had not caught up with the rest of the group. The two adults 
backtracked down the trail and found 48-year-old D.P. in 
what appeared to be full cardiac arrest. One began CPR, while the 
other hiked out two miles through rugged terrain to report the 
incident. Rangers Krysia Baron, Dale Coker, and Rick Welch responded 
along with state troopers and local fire department personnel. They 
found that CPR had been unsuccessful and had been discontinued. One of 
the advisors was by then hypothermic; he and the victim were flown out 
by medical helicopter to a local hospital. A state police helicopter 
also responded and flew out most of the non-NPS rescuers. Initial 
reporting was hampered by a state-wide power outage caused by a 
wildfire in northwest New Mexico. [CRO, BAND, 3/20]

CULTURAL/NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

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OPERATIONAL NOTES

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MEMORANDA

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PARKS AND PEOPLE

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