NATIONAL PARK SERVICE

MORNING REPORT

Tuesday, September 21, 2010

INCIDENTS

Zion NP

Injured Hiker Short-Hauled Out Of Subway Route

On Saturday, September 19th, a 20-year-old hiker from Boise sustained an unstable ankle injury when she jumped eight to ten feet off an obstacle along the Subway Route. Ranger/medic Ray O'Neil and Dan Hovanec hiked in six miles, stabilized her injury, and spent the night with the injured hiker. Rangers Kelsey Taylor and Derrick Fassbender hiked in additional equipment and escorted the rest of the hiking group out in the dark that evening. On Sunday, Grand Canyon's helicopter and flight crew short-hauled the woman out of the Subway Route to a waiting ambulance. In the area where the incident occurred, a bolted anchor is available to rappel or hand-line down. Despite discouraging the practice, jumping to negotiate obstacles continues to be a frequent cause of injury while canyoneering in Zion. [Brandon Torres, Canyon District Ranger]

OTHER NEWS

The following stories are among those in today's edition of InsideNPS. To see the full text, including images, NPS employees should go to the InsideNPS home page ( HYPERLINK "http://inside.nps.gov/index.cfm?handler=index" http://inside.nps.gov/index.cfm?handler=index). Non-NPS employees can see most of them on the NPS Digest page ( HYPERLINK "http://home.nps.gov/applications/digest/" http://home.nps.gov/applications/digest/):

North Cascades NP - Members of the Sauk-Suiattle Indian Tribe hiked from the Skagit Valley to Stehekin Valley in July, tracing a traditional tribal route that has been used for at least 9,600 years to cross the highest and most rugged segment of the Cascade Range crest, a divide between the traditional Northwest Coast and Columbia Plateau culture areas.

WASO Public Affairs - Sixty-seven images representing 56 landmarks across 28 states were submitted in the 7th annual National Natural Landmarks photo contest. Photo.

Risk Management Division - The Public Risk Management Program will be offering a free course on tort liability via TEL station on Thursday afternoon EDT.

Indiana Dunes NL - Seasonal park guide James Payno is credited with saving a life on his way to an off-site interpretive assignment on Friday, September 3rd. Photo.

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Prepared by the Division of Law Enforcement, Security and Emergency Services, Washington Office, with the support of the Office of the Chief Information Officer. Edited by Bill Halainen ( HYPERLINK "mailto:Bill_Halainen@nps.gov" Bill_Halainen@nps.gov).

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