Climber with chest pains stranded on ledge 8,400 feet up Washington peak, rescuers say
A climber suffering from chest pains waited for help from a rocky Washington mountain ledge, rescuers said.
Rescuers received a call shortly before 10 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 10, from Mount Stuart in Chelan County, according to a news release from the Navy Region Northwest.
The climber reported having chest pains while 8,400 feet up the mountain, rescuers said. He was with a climbing partner at the time.
The two were contacted by a rescue team from Naval Air Station Whidbey Island and asked to turn on their strobe lights from the cliff’s edge.
Their strobe lights helped lead rescuers to the injured man who was “among small spires running along a steep spine on the north face,” officials said.
He was hoisted into a helicopter from the mountain and taken to a hospital about an hour after they called for help.
Mount Stuart is an 11-mile roundtrip climb, with an elevation gain of more than 6,000 feet. The peak sits at 9,416 feet, according to the Washington Trails Association.
The mountain is about 115 miles east of Seattle.
This story was originally published August 14, 2023 at 11:53 AM with the headline "Climber with chest pains stranded on ledge 8,400 feet up Washington peak, rescuers say."
