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Local rescue squads pull man from treacherous Seymour gully

A 21-YEAP.-OLD Vancouver man
spent eight hours in a treacherous guily
in Mount Seymour Provincial Park on
Monday after slipping during a hike
with two friends.

By Anna Marie D’Angelo

News Reporter

Mark Simon sutfered mild hypothermia and
injured his right leg in the incident near De
Pencier Bluff.

He was transported to Lions Gate Hospital
where X-rays revealed severe bruising to his leg.

Simon was subsequently discharged Tuesday
from hospital on crutches, according to a North
Shore Rescue Team (NSRT) spokesman.

It was the second accident to occur in the
same urea since last Thursday, when three snow-

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shoers got lost. The snowshoers ended up in
another treacherous gully approximately S00
metres (2,625 feet) lower than the one Simon fell
into, according to NSRT spokesman Richard
Foster. They were rescued without injurie
Foster, Monday's search manager, said 45

rescue personnel were invalved in the rescue of

the injured hiker after the NSRT was called at
approximately 6 p.m. The local rescue squad
was assisted by Coquitlam and Lions Bay rescue
teams.

Foster said a helicopter couldn't be used in
the rescue because of poor weather conditions in
the area.

The three hikers, he said, were walking along
a summer alpine trail covered with snow on De
Pencier Bluff when one fei at approximately 2
p.m.

“The other two followed dawn aad also fell.
They were uninjured and were able to come out

and summon help,” said Foster.

NSRT member and paramedic Tim Jones said
the injured man tumbled 300 feet (100 m) down
a steep gully and hit a tree with his leg. He was
unable to walk as a result of his injury.

Jones and another paramedic treated the
injured man while waiting for rescuers.

. Jones said the treatment involved applying a
traction splint to Simon’s leg, giving him mor-
phine for pain and treating him for hypothermia.
The injured man was taken to hospital at f:15
am. on Tuesday after being pulled fram the
gully ina basket stretcher.

Foster said the threesome were unequipped
for the hike and had traversed in a closed, dan-
gerous area of the mountain.

The lengthy evacuation involved transporting
the injured hiker by sngweat to the Mount
Seymour parking lol and then transferring him to
a wailing ambulance.

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Weather

Thursday, mostly cloudy with
showers, high L0°, low 3°

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