Three Mountain Rescues in Colorado and Tennessee

A 69-year-old climber fell about 70 feet on the Chockstone route in Eldorado Canyon State Park near Boulder on Sunday, was initially unconscious but regained a pulse after bystanders and rescuers performed CPR, and underwent a two-hour technical litter evacuation down steep, loose terrain before being taken to a hospital with life‑threatening injuries; multiple agencies assisted, including the Boulder County Sheriff’s Office, Colorado Parks and Wildlife, Rocky Mountain Rescue Group, Mountain View Fire Protection District and Mountain View Fire Rescue. In Teller County, Colorado, search-and-rescue teams responded to a hiker with signs of acute mountain sickness on the Devil’s Playground Trail, warmed and assessed the person, moved them via litter and UTV to the parking area, and transferred care to Ute Pass EMS and UCHealth Lifeline 1. At Fall Creek Falls State Park, Tennessee, first responders used rope systems and the Tennessee Helicopter Aquatic Rescue Team (TN‑HART) to extract and hoist a patient from a creek gorge to a nearby airport, where EMS transported the individual to a hospital after a complex multi-agency technical rescue.