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Injured Climber Rescued Yesterday from Dome Peak

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:  June 22, 2015

CONTACT: Shari Ireton, Director of Communications, Snohomish County Sheriff’s Office, shari.ireton@snoco.org, 425-388-3377, Media line: 425-249-6263

MT. BAKER-SNOQUALIMIE NATIONAL FOREST, Wash. –Search and rescue personnel and volunteers rescued a male climber who had fallen while climbing Dome Peak. 

On Sunday, June 21 a beacon alert was picked up from the area around 4 p.m.  SnoHAWK10 went to the area and located the victim, who had possible rib fractures form falling and landing on the lip of a crevasse on his back. The victim was packaged into a litter and hoisted to the helicopter, and flown to Cascade Valley Hospital around 9:30 p.m.. 

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