WENATCHEE, Wash. (AP) — Authorities say two climbers were rescued from Mount Stuart in the Cascade Mountains after one suffered a life-threatening injury in a fall caused by a boulder that broke free.
The Chelan County Sheriff’s Office says 59-year-old Jim Schiller of Happy Valley, Oregon called authorities Sunday evening saying his climbing partner had been leaning on a rock that dislodged, causing him to fall nearly 50 feet.
The sheriff’s office says 64-year-old Tim Pate of Camas, Washington, was unresponsive when Schiller traversed down to him.
A Naval Air Base helicopter from Whidbey Island was requested by the sheriff’s office and crews hoisted Pate into the aircraft Sunday night.