Portland Mountain Rescue

Sandeep Kumar Dey (beparawa)

I could see the sun was up on the chute and hear the falling snow, as I climbed up and up snow falling was getting faster and faster, and I was continuously dodging the snow shelling from above, until there were too many came and one large chunk of ice sneaked through and hit my lower left leg, I shouted in pain, was in shock, took couple of more steps and halted there to contemplate the situation. Luckily the climbing community has great people one climber immediately rushed towards me and asked if I need help to climb down, was able to see to top of chute in front 200ft away but replied yes. We started going down backwards with ice axe and crampons, I can't thank enough to this gentleman, may be 200 ft above the hot rocks he realized I will be able to make it down on my own, he wished me luck and assured me help by informing rescue team on the hood. By the time I reached back hot rocks, one more climber gave me ibuprofen such a blessed community we have. I was in pain so decided to rest on the hot rocks before the final descent, when Eric and Kevin members of rescue team found me and offered help. Eric who was also paramedic examined the injury, and then Eric and Kevin both started descent with me, guided me all the way , spoke about the safety precautions, pro tips about climbing. Human care is all we need in this world, my pain went down to 5 from 9. They also arranged the skilift for me down to lodge from palmer, where rescue medic team again examined the injury put icepacks and gave ibuprofen. They have a great team of volunteers there, love and salute to you guys.

Scott Norton

Europa