Injured climber rescued from Maroon Bells fourteener in Colorado

A -year-old climber was rescued Sunday from North Maroon Peak a fourteener southwest of Aspen in the Maroon Bells-Snowmass Wilderness Area sheriff s agents mentioned Related Articles Colorado wildfires Utah wildfire crosses state perimeter into Montrose County Colorado Medicaid passage company reaches settlement with state Coloradans say politics is state s top matter and they feel powerless to do anything about it Former Army officer to challenge for Colorado Springs congressional district Aurora City Council won t ask voters this fall to boost pay for mayor council members The climber who has not been publicly identified fell and broke a leg in steep and unstable terrain less than feet from the mountain s -foot summit according to a news release from the Pitkin County Sheriff s Office Mountain Rescue Aspen and the sheriff s office responded to an exigency SOS sent by the climber at about a m Sunday sheriff s bureaucrats noted The climber used a two-way satellite messaging device to communicate with rescue teams according to the news release Mountain Rescue Aspen and the Pitkin County Sheriff s Office would like to remind all adventurers that traveling with a partner and having the ability to communicate while not relying on cellular coverage in the mountains can help expedite a rescue in incident of exigency personnel stated in the news release Mountain Rescue Aspen agents activated a Colorado Search and Rescue squad which helped arrange a Colorado National Guard helicopter to rescue the climber sheriff s leaders explained An off-duty member of New Mexico-based Atalaya Search and Rescue was also climbing in the area and helped the injured climber until Colorado rescuers arrived sheriff s agents commented The injured climber was successfully hoisted off the mountain just before p m Sunday and flown to a nearby airport where an ambulance was waiting to take the climber to the hospital according to the sheriff s office All members of the Mountain Rescue Aspen gang were out of the field by p m Sunday leaders stated Get more Colorado news by signing up for our daily Your Morning Dozen email newsletter