View Full Version : Rescue for Hiker at Bake Oven Knob
HikerMom58
02-09-2014, 21:56
http://m.wfmz.com/rescue-for-hiker-at-bake-oven-knob/-/15946050/24380120/-/tythxfz/-/index.html
Praying for hiker & the rescuer's stay safe!
wornoutboots
02-09-2014, 22:11
From some of the comments it said he may have "jumped", not fallen? I haven't been on that section so I can't picture it. I hope it works out!!!
4eyedbuzzard
02-09-2014, 22:15
http://www.lehighvalleylive.com/lehigh-county/index.ssf/2014/02/crews_respond_to_rescue_man_in.html
HikerMom58
02-09-2014, 22:32
Thanks 4EB...
I sure hope he didn't jump wornoutboots, we know how rumors can get started.
Blue Mountain Edward
02-09-2014, 22:33
There was a guy who fell off the knives edge in the summer. It would be easy to slip on snow and ice. But if he jumped, he can stay in a psychiatric hospital after being released from the hospital.
daimonpaul
02-10-2014, 02:33
Bake Oven has a pretty well defined edge, and a large open area in front of the ledge, so I would imagine it would be rather difficult to accidentally fall off of that one, ice or no ice.
atbackpacker
02-10-2014, 06:43
http://m.wfmz.com/rescue-for-hiker-at-bake-oven-knob/-/15946050/24380120/-/tythxfz/-/index.html
Praying for hiker & the rescuer's stay safe!
thanks for postiing this link...this area is very close to home.
the rescue was a success! the hiker is now in the hospital recovering and everyone is safe. i have no word on how extensive the hikers injuries are. the story is just being broadcast on the local news this morning.
Rain Man
02-10-2014, 09:09
I hiked through there last year in the rain, alone. It would have been very easy to slip and fall and suffer multiple broken bones. When I reached the shelter itself, I was exhausted both from the physical and mental strain.
Am glad to read they got this young man out.
Rain Man
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HikerMom58
02-10-2014, 11:30
thanks for postiing this link...this area is very close to home.
the rescue was a success! the hiker is now in the hospital recovering and everyone is safe. i have no word on how extensive the hikers injuries are. the story is just being broadcast on the local news this morning.
THanks for the update on him. So thankful!
Thats a real ROCKY section with the snow the rocks could be very dangerous to walk across, the report said he had numerous broken bones, so i figure he was walking across a rock field slipped on the snow and fell on the rocks. Snow and Rocks don't mix well.
shelterbuilder
02-10-2014, 20:39
Very rocky, very slippery. WAY too much ice up there right now. Hope he makes a full recovery.