NATIONAL PARK SERVICE
MORNING REPORT
Friday, August 16, 2013
INCIDENTS
Rocky Mountain NP
Visitor Dies In 150 Foot Fall
A visitor called 911 yesterday morning and reported that a 24-year-old man had fallen about 150 feet from The Narrows on the Keyhole Route on Longs Peak and suffered traumatic injuries.
An off-duty park volunteer with a radio descended to the man with his climbing party and began CPR, but he subsequently succumbed to his injuries.
An effort was made to recover his body by helicopter yesterday afternoon but had to be postponed due to high winds. Efforts will again be made today.
Ice was present at several locations along the Keyhole Route at the time of the incident.
[Kyle Patterson, Public Affairs Officer]
Sequoia-Kings Canyon NPs
Rangers Respond To Two Separate Fatalities At Same Time
On August 9th, rangers in Sequoia National Park responded to two fatalities at the same time in different areas of the park.
Rescue teams searching for a missing 65-year-old hiker in the Mineral King area were attempting to reach a body that had been discovered by NPS contract helicopter when a call came in regarding a second incident.
A 54-year-old man from San Diego collapsed in the New Army Pass section of the park. A park medic was flown to the scene to provide advanced life support, but resuscitation efforts proved unsuccessful. A body recovery ensued.
Since daylight hours were limited, the body located in
Mineral King was flown out by helicopter on August 10th and transferred
to the Tulare County Coroner's Office. The body was later identified as
that of a missing hiker from San Rafael.
[Matt Fagan, Acting Public Affairs Specialist]
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/):
Gateway NRA - n Monday, August 12th, Secretary Jewell, HUD Secretary Shaun Donovan, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Director Jarvis announced the establishment of a new Science and Resilience Institute at Jamaica Bay.
Biological Resource Management Division - The Biological Resource Management Division recently updated its Pesticide Use Proposal System (PUPS) database. PUPS 2.0 can be used by any NPS employee to submit and track proposed and actual use of pest management tools.
Lake Mead NRA - Over the last six months, Lake Mead National Recreation Area visitors have kept more than 13,600 water bottles out of landfills by using a new hydration station at the Alan Bible Visitor Center.
Intermountain Region - Kayci Cook Collins has been named superintendent of Flagstaff Area National Monuments, which includes Sunset Crater Volcano, Walnut Canyon and Wupatki National Monuments.
Servicewide Training Calendar - A compilation of upcoming training courses, webinars and online training offered by the National Park Service and related agencies. Added to this week's calendar are an October summit on cemetery preservation in New York and a spring workshop in Louisiana on employing petrography in conservation.
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The Morning Report is produced by the Office of Communications with the support of the Office of the Associate Director for Information Resources. Edited by Bill Halainen ( HYPERLINK "mailto:Bill_Halainen@contractor.nps.gov" Bill_Halainen@contractor.nps.gov).
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