AS Holding report

JW, MM, AS, JW, PR holding report 1 member of a party was separated from the rest near the summit of Mt Langley, they were heading back to Horseshoe meadows and he fails to return. A recovery was made apparently he had fallen trying to descend via another route. Sequoia Kings was also present as […]

A party of 4 had planned on summitting Mt Whiney, “car-to-car” in a day. W/in sight of the summit hut, one member of the party displayed symptoms of AMS. It was decided that the remaining three would summit and she would wait for them…or head down (back to Whitney Portal) if she got cold or […]

07/16/12 6PM callout climber fell broken leg Gem Lake upper Rock Creek.  6 members responded and hiked trail to find injured climber trying to walk out, he refused a full assessment and to be carried out, but was willing to use crutches and we walked out with him where his party drove him to the […]

07/13/12 5AM callout probable HAPE situation at Iceberg Lake.  Pt had been sick for 3 days and at 3AM started getting worse, coughing and had fluid in lungs.  5 member rescue team set up for a helo mission 1 member hiked up to make sure they were not already heading down the trail as we […]