North Shore Rescue crews helped an injured man off one of the North Shore Mountains this morning.
The 22-year-old hiker was air-lifted to safety from Lynn Peak. He, along with a group of three others, called for help around 9 p.m. Monday.
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North Shore Rescue crews were able to help the three uninjured hikers off the mountain but 22-year-old Jason Wong had to remain at the peak with rescuers.
Wong said he is “very grateful” to have been rescued this morning.
Wong was about eight hours into a hike to watch the sunset on Monday when his legs cramped up and he was unable to make it down the mountain.
Two volunteers with North Shore Rescue, one of them being a doctor, stayed with Wong all night. “I pretty much just thanked them a lot for bringing me down,” he said.
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North Shore Rescue again wants to get the message out that it’s still winter up in the mountains and if you are going to go for a hike, make sure you are prepared.
“It’s amazing how different it can be,” said Peter Haigh, North Shore Rescue manager. “When you do get into that snow.. breaking through that snow is a common thing these days. You’ve really got to take warm clothes, as if it’s winter.”
It was already a busy weekend for North Shore Rescue as they were been called out to three cases in the area, including one on Hollyburn Mountain. A 60-year-old man had to be helicoptered out on Sunday after falling through the snow and twisting his knee.
NOTE: An earlier version of this article identified Jason Wong as a 17-year-old. He is actually 22 years old.
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