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NATIONAL PARK SERVICE MORNING REPORT Monday, April 28, 2014 INCIDENTS Yosemite NP Rangers Rescue Injured Climber On the morning of Sunday, April 20th, park dispatch received an emergency call from a member of a group getting ready to climb the Regular Route on Upper Cathedral Spire in Yosemite Valley. The caller reported that the lead climber in a party above them had fallen while leading the route's second pitch and that he was unable to move and needed medical attention. A Yosemite rescue team, supported by California Highway Patrol (CHP) helicopter H-40 out of Fresno, was immediately assembled and flown to the location of the injured climber, a 26-year-old man from Palo Alto. Simultaneously, Yosemite climbing ranger Ben Doyle and rescuer Josie Mckee ascended fixed ropes to the injured climber. Rangers David Pope and Jack Hoeflich were lowered to the injured climber via hoist and provided onsite medical attention. He'd fallen approximately 30 feet, hit a ledge, and sustained injuries to his back. He was hoisted to the CHP helicopter and flown to El Capitan Meadow, where he was transferred to a medical helicopter and then flown to memorial hospital in Modesto. The rangers and uninjured climber rappelled back to the valley floor. Supervisory Valley Ranger Chris Bellino served as the incident commander for this rescue. [Kari Cobb, Public Affairs Officer] 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): Park Facility Management Division - As part of an on-going partnership aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions and petroleum fuel use, the Department of Energy and the National Park Service have announced the addition of nine new parks to the Clean Cities National Parks Initiative. Northeast Region - The National Park Service has established a partnership with the Seneca Nation of Indians in New York that will focus on a museum exhibit, a cultural festival, and cultural training. Park History Program - The Association of National Park Rangers has donated sixteen oral history interviews to the NPS as part of an effort to ensure that important stories of its long-time members are recorded, preserved, and protected. Manzanar NHS - The Society for History in the Federal Government has presented the 2014 John Wesley Powell Prize for Outstanding Historic Preservation to Manzanar National Historic Site for the restoration of the mess hall garden in Block 12. Learning and Development Division - Dave Dahlen, superintendent of the Stephen T. Mather Training Center in Harpers Ferry, will retire on May 3rd following more than 40 years of federal government service. State, Tribal and Local Plans and Grants - Tawana C. Jackson, grants management specialist with the State, Tribal, and Local Plans & Grants Division, will retire on April 30th after 43 years of federal service, all with the National Park Service. 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). --- ### --- |