A 25-year-old Portland woman was rescued from the top of the South Sister Sunday. According to a news statement from the Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office (DCSO):
Sunday around 4:00 p.m., 911 Dispatch received a call from a hiker near the top of South Sister who reported a person hiking in their group, Julia Farney, 25, had a medical issue that prevented her from hiking further down the mountain without the assistance of the Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office Search and Rescue team.
Dispatch was able to obtain GPS coordinates of the groups’ location and provided those coordinates to DCSO Search and Rescue.
Due to the nature of the reported medical condition, Airlink was contacted and agreed to assist by transporting two DCSO Search and Rescue Volunteers to a landing zone near the location where Farney was. The two DCSO SAR Volunteers reached the landing zone at approximately 6:00 p.m.. The two SAR Volunteers hiked approximately ½ mile from the landing zone to Farney to begin medical assessment and treatment.
10 DCSO SAR Volunteers drove to the Devils Lake Trailhead and began the hike up to Farney’s location to assist the other two DCSO SAR Volunteers. The DCSO SAR Volunteers assisted Farney approximately 1 mile down the trail in a litter to another landing zone where Airlink had landed. The DCSO SAR Volunteers reached this landing zone at approximately 2100 hours. Farney was transported by Airlink to St. Charles-Bend.
The Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office would like to thank Airlink for their assistance in this mission.
