Cliffed Out...Sheep Hunters Rescued

[Snyd]

These guys were fortunate...close call. Glad they made it.

High drama: Rescue of two sheep hunters from cliff near Tonsina

After a sheep hunting trip went sideways on Aug. 11, members of the 176th Wing of the Alaska Air National Guard were called on to execute a daring rescue near Tonsina, approximately 165 miles east of Anchorage. The two hunters found themselves in an untenable situation as they clung to a cliff...

mustreadalaska.com

‘We were all amazed’: Air Guardsmen save 2 hunters in precarious cliff rescue near Tonsina

A Guard helicopter pilot says the two hunters spent about two hours on the 6,000-foot cliff Friday before they were safely rescued.

alaskapublic.org

 

[jherald]

Wild stuff. Don't go up what you can't come down from.

 

[aftriathlete]

These guys were fortunate...close call. Glad they made it.

High drama: Rescue of two sheep hunters from cliff near Tonsina

After a sheep hunting trip went sideways on Aug. 11, members of the 176th Wing of the Alaska Air National Guard were called on to execute a daring rescue near Tonsina, approximately 165 miles east of Anchorage. The two hunters found themselves in an untenable situation as they clung to a cliff...

mustreadalaska.com

‘We were all amazed’: Air Guardsmen save 2 hunters in precarious cliff rescue near Tonsina

A Guard helicopter pilot says the two hunters spent about two hours on the 6,000-foot cliff Friday before they were safely rescued.

alaskapublic.org

My bros!

 

[Htm84]

One of the first “rules” of mountaineering is don’t go down what you haven’t gone up. The pic makes it look like a pretty serious cliff face but I don’t understand how these guys couldn’t climb up and out. Climbing down is a million times harder than climbing up.

 

[Fatcamp]

Holy cats! Not something I would climb down.

 

[BAKPAKR]

One of the articles said they were “following a sheep.” I wonder if they shot a sheep and were trying to recover it? Sounds like a job for @Grant K.

 

[Jbehredt]

Glad they weren’t too proud to tap out.

 

[Muleyczy]

I’m trying to figure out what was on the cliff that would have caused them to go over?

 

[S-3 ranch]

who pays for the rescue?
I know the USCG will send you a bill if you have a medical emergency offshore.
maybe Alaska needs to tighten up licensing with better regulations

 

[TaperPin]

A celebration of poor judgement. Natural selection is foiled again.

 

[GARLICSALT]

My bros!

Get us some details, Bro!

 

[AK Troutbum]

My son and I were out in the yard that day when the two military helicopters flew over our house, and I made the comment that I was betting that they were going to pick up an injured sheep hunter. If they were stalking a sheep, or going to go and try to recover one, why would they even consider shooting something in that kind of terrain?

 

[fwafwow]

@psemachevolve1 could have not only climbed down and back up, he could have saved these two hunters.

 

[Coveyleader]

Sounds like they need to implement the “guide rule” for residents.

 

[MtnW]

Pararescuemen (PJ’s) are amazing.
Not sure if those sheep hunters (using the term sheep hunter loosely) have all of their faculties to have gotten in that situation in the first place. Still need to comprehend what they thought they were trying to accomplish ,

 

[aftriathlete]

Get us some details, Bro!

I don’t know the hunters, but I know the rescuers.

 

[mtnwrunner]

That photo is wild. There has to be more to the story.

Randy

 

[Scrappy]

I don't care how dangerous it was, it would have been so embarrassing to have to hit that sos.

 

[aftriathlete]

Individuals do not get a bill btw. The rescue unit is the AK State ANG, and they exist up there solely for this reason. LOTS of people get in over their heads in the AK backcountry, ALL the time. The 176th stays really busy.

 

[snowymtnwolf]

who pays for the rescue?
I know the USCG will send you a bill if you have a medical emergency offshore.
maybe Alaska needs to tighten up licensing with better regulations

Incorrect statement.

USCG does not bill anyone.

It is U.S Law and Coast Guard policy.

They do not want to associate a life with money.


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