SEAeT eR eneateneanarnce om RD ame meme a ala Tita ar arlene ana cena etl enema FELL 1,000 FEET OFF MOUNT SEYMOUR By CHRIS LLOYD A four-hour rescue of a critically injured hiker who fell 1,000 feet from Mount Seymour Saturday ended with the victim being pronounced dead on arrival at Lions Gate Hospital. Michael Gladwin Rempel. aged 21, of 3992 Pine Street, Burnaby, fell while hiking with a friend along an icy ridge about a mile beyond Mount Seymour. He plummetted down an ice-walled avalanche shute and landed 1,000-1,100 feet below. When a doctor eventually reached him more than two hours later, he found the hiker unconscious, suffering from hypothermia and with head injuries and = severe cervical spinal injunes. The victim's hiking companion, Michael Hagen, dashed down the mountain to raise the alarm. A rescue was set up which involved the Mount Seymour = ski patrol, North Van RCMP and volunteer members of the North and West Van- couver Emergency Program. Ski patrol members set off for the area between two peaks known as Second Pump and Third Pump before the 14° volunteer rescuers arrived and set up a base at Mount Seymour car park. Fine French Cuisine Specualty of Vol au Vents anew French Dish to Vancouver Open for Dinner - Tuesday to Sunday Lunch - Tuesday to Saturday 1373 Marine Drive, West Van. 926-4913 for Reservations A team of rescuers was immediately sent off by snow Cat, joining the ski patrol. Another three members of the team took the Elsay Lake trail below the cliff area, while a helicopter was called from Vancouver to help in the rescue. The injured hiker was quickly spotted and the helicopter landed at the rescue base and picked up a further team which included a doctor, ferrying them to as near where the man _ had fallen as was safe for lan- ding. Because of the cessibility of the injured hiker, the helicopter returned to base to pick upa stretcher and B.C. Parks Branch worker Grant McPherson, together with volunteer rescuer Dave Hudack, to help get the man down. While the victim was packed down by stretcher, the helicopter’ fetched additional medical supplies needed by the doctor. The injured man flown out to be hospital but inac- was taken to the pilot had difficulty | locating the landing area on Grand Boulevard and flares had to be used. The hiker was rushed to Lions Gate Hospital but was pronounced dead on arrival. It was his first hike on the mountain and his companion commented of the incident: “It was just an accident.” For the volunteer rescuers it was a particularly busy weekend where their resources were fully utihzed.While the rescue was going on, seven more members were searching the Pitt Lake area for a downed aircraft, in a search which continued beyond = the weekend the little value. touch operation And ed to create our (CRO tape) The ble than ever Controts are power assisted, for light- A3-Wednetday, February 27, 1980 - North Shore News RESCUE CHOPPER landed at Grand Boulevard Saturday and hiking victim was rushed to Lions Hospital Gate Hospital but was pronounced dead on arrival. The helicopter had to make a vertical ascent of more than 900 feet to lift out of the spot where he had fallen from Me. Seymour. (Terry Peters photo) Hiker dies after mountain plunge $100 REWARD ottered for information leading to the recovery of a number of exposed, undeveloped 35mm fitms of con- siderable sentimental value. removed trom a brown Jeep Wagoneer in the Plaza international parking garage on Wed . Feb 20th No questions asked Piease respond to 926-5586 or MacGregor Pacific Realty Ltd . Ste 100- 626 Clyde Ave West Vancouver cassette deck the 0-40S benefits from the same technology us advanced top-line decks, resulting in 0 055% wow and flutter. 64 dB S/N ratio and a superb 30 —16000Hz trequency response D-40S- makes cassette deck pleasure more accesi 1246 Lynn Vally Rd. North Vancouver at Mountain Hwy 986-4266 qT @ | big sound! Hitachi D-40$ With its excellent performance specifications and many conve- nient features, the D-40S is an outstanding cassette deck The D-40$ makes cassette deck pleasure more accessible than ever, at | BbIQ bird sound ww! 3060 W. Broadway Vancouver at Balaclava 734-2304 7. N INSIDE Assessing the threat PAGE A9 Eight-Zero Massacre PAGE B2 Doing the right thing PAGE C4 is mourned PAGE C3 Automotive Classified Food Hayden Stewart Matibdoa Sports Travel TV Time What e Going On Women