Salt Lake County SAR uses drone to locate hiker on Mount Superior

https://www.facebook.com/slcosar/videos/2105353246372617/
SALT LAKE COUNTY, Utah, June 24, 2018 (Gephardt Daily) — A hiker on the South Ridge of Mount Superior climbed as high as he could Saturday, then realized he couldn’t go any higher and he couldn’t climb back down.

The hiker from out of town had tried to hike/scramble the South Ridge route when he got stuck. He was alone, so he called for help, and Salt Lake County Sheriff’s Search and Rescue sent out two teams — one up the South Ridge route and a second team up the main trail.

“GPS was putting him on the ridge about 10,000 feet,” a SAR Facebook post said. “Search and Rescue deployed a drone to locate the patient.”

The team on the South Ridge route was able to reach the man, who was not injured. They hiked him back down to the trailhead before it was completely dark.

According to the post, the call-out time was 6:57 p.m., and everyone was off the mountain just before 10 p.m.

Unified Police Department assisted Search and Rescue.

SLCSO SAR thanked Rocky Mountain Unmanned Systems “for setting us up with this amazing drone.”

 

 

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