CRATER LAKE NATIONAL PARK, Ore. —Parks officials say two hikers were rescued Monday after they were stranded overnight on the shoreline of Crater Lake in south-central Oregon.
Crater Lake National Park spokeswoman Marsha McCabe said one hiker sustained serious injuries when he tumbled while making the steep, rocky 1,100-foot descent into the caldera, the depression formed by the collapse of the volcano. He was taken to a hospital in Bend. Another hiker suffered minor hypothermia.
She says the hikers, both 30-year-old men from the Seattle area, were trying to get photographs. A third friend reported them missing Sunday afternoon.
Rescuers in a helicopter found them along the shore at about 9:30 p.m. Sunday, but the rescue operation was temporarily suspended because of darkness and hazardous terrain.