Watch your step......... HIKER RESCUED

[Busky2]

READING, Pa. (AP) —

Emergency responders rescued a hiker who fell about 30 feet down a cliff along the Appalachian Trail in eastern Pennsylvania.


Authorities say the woman lost her footing Saturday while sightseeing with a group at the Berks County site known as the Pinnacle.


Kempton fire chief Matthew Brett says the woman was airlifted to a hospital near Allentown.

Her condition could not be obtained Saturday afternoon.

[ChinMusic]

FTR, the trail itself is nowhere near an edge.

[kayak karl]

it's not, but how many walk up there and don't walk out past the rock pile for a view. they were site seeing.

[Old Hiker]

KK, can I steal.............., I mean, borrow your tag line for my 6th graders and their Science projects?


Hope the lady is doing well.

[tdoczi]

FTR, the trail itself is nowhere near an edge.

had she, or someone in that same spot on another occasion, died, I wonder how that would statistically figure into that inane long running debate we had around here about what constitutes a death "on the trail" or not.

[Wise Old Owl]

Very lucky to be alive.. that cliff appears to be a bigger fall than what is written here. Very sad to hear, take a look at the height of the trees and keep in you are looking down...

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