Crews Rescue Injured Climber From Mount Rainier

Rescue crews transported a Canadian man to the hospital after he was injured while going down Mount Rainier on Sunday evening.

The man suffered "multiple traumatic injuries" while descending at 13,500 feet above sea level on the Emmons Glacier, according to a release from the park.

The incident was reported at Camp Schurman at approximately 4 p.m. by four members of the climber's nine person climbing party. Rescue operations were immediately set in motion. An Army Reserve Chinook helicopter inserted two climbing rangers at Liberty Saddle, approximately 300 feet above the scene. They assessed the patient and packaged him for flight. The patient was extracted by Chinook at 9:10 p.m. and taken to Madigan Army Medical Center. 

Approximately 33 personnel were assigned to the incident. Partners involved in the mission include US Army Reserve 214th Air Division out of Joint Base Lewis McChord and Northwest Helicopters out of Olympia, Washington.

Just over a year ago, Mount Rainier climbing ranger Nick Hall died during a rescue attempt on the Emmons Glacier when two hikers from a four-hiker party slid into a crevasse. All four were rescued and reportedly suffered non-life threatening injuries.