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NATIONAL PARK SERVICE MORNING REPORT Friday, May 30, 2014 INCIDENTS Rocky Mountain NP Teenage Visitor Rescued From Ledge On Longs Peak S.F., a 19-year-old visitor from Quebec, was ascending Longs Peak with a friend on Tuesday when they became attempted to descend, he got himself stranded in an extremely precarious location on Broadway Ledge and called for help. Although S.F. was reported to be fit, he had no technical climbing equipment and no experience as a mountaineer. He was also unprepared for a night on the mountain in snow and ice and near freezing temperatures. A rescue operation was immediately launched. The park's SAR team was joined in the effort by Rocky Mountain Rescue and a Teton Interagency helicopter. Nearly 30 people were committed to the operation. S.F. was helped off the ledge, flown to an LZ in Upper Beaver Meadows, and taken to Estes Park Medical Center. For additional details, see the news story and a minute-long video at the link below. HYPERLINK "http://www.azcentral.com/story/news/nation/2014/05/29/colorado-teen-rescued-peak/9723367/" http://www.azcentral.com/story/news/nation/2014/05/29/colorado-teen-rescued-peak/9723367/ [Kyle Patterson, Public Affairs Officer] Acadia NP Body Of Local Man Found Below Bridge A visitor called the park late on the afternoon of May 25th and reported finding a body in Duck Brook beneath the three-span, 90-foot-high Duck Brook Bridge on Paradise Hill Road. The first ranger on scene found the body of a 23-year-old man from Mount Desert Island. Rangers and members of the Mount Desert Island SAR team recovered the body via a steep-angle raise of about 75 feet. The investigation continues, but at this time there is no
indication of foul play. Ranger Rechholtz was the incident
commander. [Stuart 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): Yosemite NP - Yosemite National Park held its fifth annual swift water demonstration day on Thursday, May 22nd. The event highlighted water safety and the dangers of spring runoff and swift water conditions in the park. Bighorn Canyon NRA - Longtime employee Thomas Dean Pretty On Top passed away on the morning of Saturday, May 24th, after battling with cancer. He was 50 years old. Office of Communications - The Service has awarded more than $200,000 in grants from the Land and Water Conservation Fund to help preserve land at the Civil War battlefields at South Mountain in Maryland and Appomattox Court House in Virginia. Northeast Region - Kris Heister has been selected as the new superintendent of Upper Delaware Scenic and Recreational River. She will begin her new assignment in July. Servicewide Training Calendar - The following have been added to this week's calendar - a FLETC training class in Illinois and two TEL station broadcasts on retirement planning for new employees. 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). --- ### --- |