Yosemite video: CHP helicopter rescues two trapped British hikers

[Spartan]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vDPOqsU9Trg

The California Highway Patrol has released a video of one of its helicopter crews performing a dramatic rescue of two British hikers who were stranded on the edge of a massive granite cliff overlooking Yosemite Valley as a major snow storm was nearing.

The video, posted to Facebook by the CHP’s Central Division Air Operations, shows a helicopter crew that took off at about 7 a.m. Wednesday to rescue two male hikers in their 20s who had become lost in the snow near North Dome the day before.

North Dome is a 7,546-foot granite landmark located on the northeastern side of Yosemite Valley, across from Glacier Point and between Yosemite Village and the Tioga Road.

According to the CHP, pilot officer Scott Rodda and flight officer Dustin Henschel, a paramedic, left Fresno and located the men after a brief search. The hikers told authorities that they lost the trail while trying to hike down into Yosemite Valley. But they became trapped in a crevasse, and couldn’t make it further, due to a 2,000-foot vertical drop. Nor could they turn around and go back the way they came, because of the steep, snow-covered terrain.

So they called 911 from a cell phone at 6:30 p pm Tuesday night. Park officials, many of whom are on furlough due to the federal government shut down, attempted to reach them that night, but could not rescue them because of weather conditions and nightfall, Yosemite said on its Facebook page. As a result, the pair slept on the cliff in temperatures that dipped below the 32 degrees recorded at Yosemite Valley that night.

hortly after the CHP helicopter crew members located the men, they flew back and landed in Ahwahnee Meadow, where they met with the Yosemite Search and Rescue unit. Two of the Yosemite Search and Rescue officials flew on the CHP helicopter back to the men, and fitted them with rescue harnesses.

The hikers were then hoisted by cable back to the helicopter, and transported to Ahwahnee Meadow where they were met by Yosemite paramedics, who described them as “uninjured.” The CHP described their condition as “cold and wet.”

Meanwhile, the Yosemite rescue crew met with a ground team and hiked back before dark.

Under federal and state law, people who are required to be rescued from state and national parks can sometimes be billed for the costs.

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[kiladi bullodu]

lawada lodhi vadileyyali vellani

ivi chusi mana desis hadavidi

[dasara_bullodu]

British vallu ganuka help chestaru ye Chinki or Desi gado aithe lite emo

[Anta Assamey]

@SpartanWill they have to pay for their rescue ... 

[tom bhayya]

10 minutes ago, Anta Assamey said:

@SpartanWill they have to pay for their rescue ... 

lol its their responsibility uncle idhi eppati video? because of shutdown federal government employees or not in duty 

[Anta Assamey]

3 minutes ago, tom bhayya said:

lol its their responsibility uncle idhi eppati video? because of shutdown federal government employees or not in duty 

mana pichi koddi manam poi ekkadaina irukkupote.... Vellu inka plane lu Helicopter lu vesukuravala ..... Edo okati vundali kada....

Eppati video teliyadu ..., calling @Spartan