BELLINGHAM, WA (KGMI.COM) – A Search and Rescue team from Whidbey Island saved a hiker who fell over 1,200 feet down a ravine over the weekend.

 

The team received notice of a 30-year-old male hiker who had fallen down the ravine near the top of Mt. Ellinor in the Olympic National Forest on Saturday.

The crew was able to locate him when they saw a flashing light at the bottom of a large avalanche runout. A crew member was lowered down to the hiker and hoisted him back aboard the helicopter.

The hiker was then transported to Harborview Medical Center with a broken arm, symptoms of hypothermia and significant abrasions.

It was the 33rd rescue of the year for the Naval Air Station Whidbey Island’s team.