Hiker rescued after being stranded for hours in North Shore mountains
A hiker was rescued in the North Shore mountains early Wednesday morning after getting lost and being stranded for hours.
Rescue crews began looking on Crown Mountain for the 52-year-old Tuesday after someone on nearby Goat Mountain heard calls for help. Crews eventually spotted the hiker using night-vision goggles.
A spokesperson from North Shore Rescue told CTV News Vancouver the man was stuck in a steep area and managed to climb into a crack in a rock to protect himself from the wind. He couldn't move, however, because he was at risk of falling.
At about 1 a.m., a rescue team airlifted the hiker off the trail with the help of the 442 Squadron based out of Comox. The hiker was taken to hospital with a possible shoulder injury.
The rescue team said the trail the hiker was on is well-known, but not too popular and it has quite a few cliffs.
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