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Fall at Split Rock Falls

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ELIZABETHTOWN — Essex County 911 requested Forest Ranger assistance with a hiker who had fallen into the first pool at Split Rock Falls at 3 p.m. on Sunday. The 50-year-old from Peru, New York, suffered head and back injuries. Forest Rangers Sarah Bode, Andrew Lewis and Logan Quinn worked with State Police, the Keene Volunteer Fire Department and the North Hudson Volunteer Fire Department to complete a high-angle rope rescue. At 5 p.m., rescuers turned over care of the hiker to LifeNet, which flew the patient to the hospital. It’s unclear what the subject’s post-rescue medical status is.

First Responders and an ambulance are seen along U.S. Route 9 loading a subject who fell into a pool at Split Rock Falls on Sunday. (Provided photo — New York state Department of Environmental Conservation)

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Dehydrated hiker exhibiting seizure activity on Algonquin

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NORTH ELBA — Ray Brook Dispatch received a radio transmission from the Algonquin Peak Summit Steward about a hiker suffering from dehydration and having difficulty walking at 3:50 p.m. on Saturday. The 28-year-old from Owego was approximately 0.25 miles above the Wright Peak-Algonquin Peak trail junction and did not have any food. The Summit Steward rehydrated the subject while Forest Rangers responded. At 5:17 p.m., Ranger Hannah Praczkajlo made contact with the hiker as they slowly made their way down. At 11:34 p.m., the subject began experiencing seizure activity at the Whale’s Tail Ski Trail junction. Five rangers provided medical care and carried out the subject the last few hundred feet to a UTV. Rangers turned over the subject to Lake Placid Volunteer Ambulance Service, who transported the patient to the hospital.

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The LifeNet helicopter carrying a subject who fell into a pool at Split Rock Falls on Sunday lifts off on Sunday. (Provided photo — New York state Department of Environmental Conservation)

Rangers help cramping, fatigued hiker help back to car

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KEENE — Forest Rangers responded to the H.G. Leach Trail at the Adirondack Mountain Reserve for a 19-year-old experiencing fatigue and cramping at 7:51 p.m. on Tuesday, July 29. Rangers reached the subject and assisted the hiker to their vehicle in the Reserve parking lot. The patient declined to seek further medical attention on their own. Resources were clear at 9:53 p.m.

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Unconscious camper carried through swamp to helicopter

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KEENE — Ray Brook Dispatch received a call about a 14-year-old from Camp Chingachgook who lost consciousness near the Elk Pass area of Nippletop Mountain at 6:56 p.m. on Tuesday, July 29. Forest Ranger Logan Quinn spoke to a camp counselor on the phone and advised the counselor to move the teenager from Needham to the shade and aggressively cool off the subject with water. A State Police helicopter was flown in to evacuate the subject. State Police Pilot Paul Engel flew Rangers Andrew Lewis and Patrick O’Dell to a swamp near the campers. Rangers carried the 14-year-old through the swamp, which at some points was waist-deep water and mud, to the helicopter. Engel flew the patient to an ambulance staged at Marcy Field. Quinn suggested the remaining campers spend the night and hike out in the morning because they were fatigued from a full day of hiking and did not have enough headlamps. The group later safely returned to camp. Resources were clear at 8:43 p.m.