Decking at Muir

[weber]

The Muir Valley Rescue group did a superb rescue of a fallen climber yesterday. Saturday, this all-volunteer group was fortunate to have four "Muir regulars" from Wisconsin monitoring the emergency radio channel. Chris, Heather, and Chad are fire/rescue professionals, and Chad is a paramedic. Within five minutes these three with Chris' wife Jess, plus other volunteers reached the scene. Chad treated and packaged the patient with the others' assistance. FoMV members, Roger and Paul, rigged their pickup to ferry the patient across the creek and on to the rendezvous with the ambulance. Everything worked very smoothly and fast, and the patient was sent on his way to the local hospital with high hopes of a full (but probably long) recovery.

A big thank you, Chris, Jess, Heather, and Chad, for being there with top gun medical talent when it was really needed, and to Roger, Paul, Liz, and others for assisting.

A reminder that in Wolfe County, the ambulance service will NOT come and get you if you are injured, no matter how seriously, at a climbing area. Instead they park the ambulance on the nearest road and await something or someone to bring the patient to them. This fact of life in this neck of the woods necessitated the formation of the Muir Valley Rescue group of volunteers a couple years ago who perform the task of assessing, treating, packaging and transporting a patient down from the cliffs to an ambulance or helicopter. So far, with a bit of planning, equipment, preparation and luck, these good Samaritans have conducted 12 successful missions, including the rescues of three critically-injured climbers who most likely would not have survived with the fast responses they received.

We — Liz and I and all of your fellow climbers — want to publicly thank all of you in the rescue group for taking the time to train and serve on emergency stand-by when climbing at Muir. Too many names to list here, but you know who you are. You're the best of the best!

Rick

[steep4me]

Nice work all. Really reassuring to know you are out there saving lives!!!!!

[climb2core]

I think it is important to take a moment to acknowledge the vision of the Webers to provide the infrastructure that saves lives, literally. Were it not for the rescue equipment, the roads, and the procedures they have created many of these accidents could have had significantly worse outcomes.


Thank you Rick and Liz for the work have done to provide us with a world class climbing destination! I know as we look to the road ahead, it will be up to us-the climbing community- to pick up the torch and carry on what you two started.

Ian

[JR]

So generous!!!! Commendable!!!!! Many thanks!!!!

[milspecmark]

Yes, a big thank you to the rescue team and the Webers. What are the details of the accident?

[caribe]

Visionary . . .

[weber]

Yes, a big thank you to the rescue team and the Webers. What are the details of the accident?

To respect the injured party's HIPPA rights, we don't give out names and personal info. But, this was a 48-year old male who was attempting to clip the first bolt on "Ai Bang Mai Fa Kin Ni." He came off and decked. Broken leg.

[climb2core]

Yes, a big thank you to the rescue team and the Webers. What are the details of the accident?

To respect the injured party's HIPPA rights, we don't give out names and personal info. But, this was a 48-year old male who was attempting to clip the first bolt on "Ai Bang Mai Fa Kin Ni." He came off and decked. Broken leg.

Sounds like he will recover... Glad he is relatively "ok".

Two thoughts:

1.) Stick clips are your friend.
2.) Maybe call the route "Ai Bro Kamai Fa Kin Ni"?

[milspecmark]

Yes, a big thank you to the rescue team and the Webers. What are the details of the accident?

To respect the injured party's HIPPA rights, we don't give out names and personal info. But, this was a 48-year old male who was attempting to clip the first bolt on "Ai Bang Mai Fa Kin Ni." He came off and decked. Broken leg.

Thanks, I just always like to know how the accidents happen so I can try to learn something from them. I hope he heals ok. I have broken my leg before and it does take a while to heal

[agdenm2]

Visionary is right Art, in every sense of the word. Saying thank you seems too small a gesture compared to what Rick and Liz have done for the greater community.