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NATIONAL PARK SERVICE MORNING REPORT Wednesday, May 14, 2014 INCIDENTS Mount Rainier NP Injured Climber Short-Hauled From Lane Peak Early on the afternoon of Sunday, May 11th, a skier was hit by a large chunk of falling ice and snow in a tight gully on Lane Peak near Reflection Lake. The skier took a tumble down the steep and narrow gully and sustained some face and neck injuries. Rangers and two off-duty climbing guides with friends who were nearby responded and performed a patient assessment and began medical care. The park's short-haul helicopter was called and extricated the skier just before sunset. He was then taken by ambulance to the hospital. Seventeen mountain rescue volunteers also responded and were prepared to evacuate the injured man by ground if the short-haul operation became impractical. Ranger Esteban Monreal served as IC. [R. Chuck Young, Chief Ranger] New River Gorge NR Tanker Truck Pulled From New River Rangers recently responded to a call at McCreery Boat Ramp regarding a large water truck that slid into the river. Upon arrival, they found that the truck, a 2,000-gallon water tanker, was completely submerged in about 25 feet of water. River rangers responded and quickly tied a rope to the truck to help stabilize it in the eddy. Rangers contacted District 5 divers to assist with the recovery. Divers responded and set safety while a Fayette County diver on the team attached the cable from Glen's Wrecker Service to the truck, which was then pulled from the water. The water around the vehicle was monitored to determine if any fuel had spilled from the truck. None had. [Jeff West, Chief Ranger] 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): Office of Communications - Secretary Jewell and Director Jarvis joined dignitaries, invited guests and visitors on Monday for a ceremony to mark the reopening of the Washington Monument nearly a thousand days after it was closed due to damage from a 5.8 magnitude earthquake. Manzanar NHS - Nearly a thousand people attended the Manzanar Committee's 45th Annual Pilgrimage on Saturday, April 26th. This year's pilgrimage was entitled “A Memory…A Monument…A Movement.” Pictured Rocks NL - A photograph of Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore is the 2013 Grand Prize winner in the National Park Foundation's Share the Experience photo competition. Cultural Resources - The April 2014 edition of the NPS Archeology E-Gram is now available on the Archeology Program website. Links are provided to both current and past editions. Office of International Affairs - Two Rwandans from Nyungwe National Park are currently in the United States to attend concessions management training and to visit NPS concession operations in the parks. 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). --- ### --- |