Hunter survives 90-metre tumble down mountainous trail near Prince Rupert, B.C.
Jordy Bouillet, president of the Prince Rupert Ground Search and Rescue team, says that on Aug. 2, crews were called out to an area near Lachmach Lake, approximately 50 kilometres by road from the North Coast city, after getting a report of two goat hunters in distress.
"One of the hunters had fallen approximately 300 feet (90 metres) down a rocky, [approximately] 65-degree slope, and he had multiple fractures to his lower limbs," Bouillet said. In a Facebook post, the injuries were described as "substantial lower limb injuries."
Bouillet described the terrain as "very steep" rock, with "small, little goat trails" leading up to a peak.
"I believe it had just rained recently, and there is lichen on that rock, so they probably slipped on that," he said, adding he is surprised the hunter survived.
"The pair is lucky to be here," he said.
Search crews also credit the hunters for being equipped with a personal transmission device that allowed them to share their coordinates and be easily found and helicoptered out, with Bouillet adding it would have been very difficult to locate them without that technology.
"These guys did everything right," he said.
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