No sign of life for 5 min so everyone thought he was dead. Hundreds of people in the bowl all went quiet. “Saw this happen up at Tuckerman Ravine yesterday. John Weeks, who shared a link to the unbelievable video on Instagram, said he was there when the snowboarder fell. Rescuers put him in a “litter” and a cover similar to a sleeping bag to warm him up and brought him down the mountain to some sun where he swapped into some warm clothes and walked out on his own. He was completely soaking wet and was very cold,” Fongemie says.
“That outcome was a pleasant surprise.”įongemie spoke with the snowboarder after a volunteer ski patrol member intercepted him to see if he was ok. People have died in there,” says Jeff Fongemie. Four more were flown in with chain saws to cut brush near the Oso Creek Trail and provide a path for the horse.Ī veterinarian checked out the horse before it was reunited with its owner.The acting director of the Mount Washington Avalanche Center tells Boston 25 that those holes can be 50+ feet deep. Instead 11 firefighters hiked in to clear the brush.
The helicopter was going to be used for a possible hoist.īut fire crews decided not to do the hoist. Rescue equipment including Heavy Rescue 6 from Irvine and fire trucks from Mission Viejo and Buena Park were dispatched to the remote location, Concepcion said. She told them she had been bucked off and that her horse had run away into heavy brush.Ī helicopter was brought in and crews spotted the white horse in the ravine, in brush that was about shoulder-high. firefighters received a call from a woman who was riding the horse. and reunited with its owner.Īt 12:37 p.m. A horse trapped 100 feet down a steep ravine at Caspers Wilderness Park was freed after seven hours by 16 firefighters late Saturday.Īccording to Orange County Fire Authority Battalion Chief Kris Concepcion, the horse was walked out at 7:35 p.m.
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