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NATIONAL PARK SERVICE MORNING REPORT Wednesday, March 19, 2014 INCIDENTS Zion NP Seriously Injured Canyoneer Rescued From Jolly Gulch On Tuesday, March 11th, Zion dispatch received a report of an injured canyoneer in Jolly Gulch along the park's eastern boundary. Initial responders discovered that the man had fallen approximately 30 feet unrestrained and bounced several times off the rock wall before landing on the canyon bottom. He was not wearing a helmet and suffered significant multi-system trauma. Due to a lengthy carryout and his deteriorating condition, Grand Canyon helitack was asked to assist with a short-haul operation. In order to get to an appropriate short-haul extraction point, Zion rescuers needed to move the 250-pound man out of a pothole, perform a technical lowering operation, hand carry him down two more vertical drops up to ten feet in height, and navigate a slot canyon layered with snow and ice filled pools - all while in a canyon that was only three feet wide at times. Gusty, erratic winds hampered the short-haul efforts before the Grand Canyon helitack crew was able to successfully extract the man and a Zion rescuer. To further complicate logistics during the mission, LifeFlight AirMedical (St. George, Utah) was diverted from this mission to another one, but Classic LifeGuard (Page, Arizona) was able to fly the man to a medical care facility. [Craig Thexton, SAR Coordinator] OTHER NEWS The following stories are among those in today's webpage editions of InsideNPS (available to NPS employees only) and the Morning Report (available to all readers): Yosemite NP - A recently published research project shows that the changes Yosemite instituted in its bear management program a few years ago have had a significant impact in greatly decreasing human-bear incidents and property damage in the park. Historic Weapons Program - More than 70 students from the NPS, Forest Service and four state park sites attended a two-week historic weapons certification course from February 25th to March 6th at Camp McClellan in Anniston, Alabama. Independence NHP - Friends of Independence National Historical Park had a chance to see the historic Rising Sun Chair up close and personal during this year's annual Artifact Night, held on March 12th. White Sands NM - White Sands National Monument collaborated with New Mexico Farm and Ranch Museum on March 1st to present a living history program at Lake Lucero - the first program of its kind at White Sands. To see the full text of these stories, readers should go to one or the other of the following sites: NPS employees - HYPERLINK "http://inside.nps.gov/index.cfm?handler=index" http://inside.nps.gov/index.cfm?handler=index Non-NPS employees - HYPERLINK "http://www.nps.gov/morningreport/" http://www.nps.gov/morningreport/ 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). --- ### --- |