Hope SAR rescues injured man, stranded family on Wednesday

HOPE — Search-and-rescue crews in Hope say they’ve helped two callers in need during the stat holiday this past Wednesday (Sept. 30).

During the afternoon, Hope Volunteer Search and Rescue say a man was hiking with his dog down the Flatiron, next to Needle Peak, when his Achilles tore “for no apparent reason”.

He made his way to the cairn splitting the two trails but couldn’t make the steep hike down because of the pain. Hope SAR then rescued the man with help from Valley Helicopters.

“The only complication was calming his dog enough to load it in the helicopter,” said the group. “We are always glad that mountains like Flatiron/Needle make rescue easy with a helicopter extraction and we hope this gentleman and his K9 friend are able to return to the mountains soon.”