Terrebonne, Ore. – Yesterday at about 2:30 p.m. Deschutes County Search and Rescue received a request for help through Deschutes County 911 from an injured climber on the Asterisk Path at Smith Rocks State Park.
A male climber, 61 year old Peter Kettering of New Zealand, had fallen about 15 feet while climbing and suffered ankle injuries.
Two SAR teams consisting of 9 volunteers were dispatched with a wheeled litter to Kettering location.
Once they arrived on scene, Kettering was stabilized, loaded into the wheeled litter and taken back to the main trailhead where he was transferred to Redmond Fire medics for evaluation and then transported to SCMC in Redmond by private vehicle.
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